Harald KlinkeNow out in #DAHJ:
“Beyond Hairstyle: Roman Imperial Portraits and Facial Recognition Software”
What happens when we leave out the emperors’ hairstyles?
This article explores DCNN-based methods to identify Roman portraits without relying on coiffure — revealing new pathways for digital art history.
🔗 https://dahj.org/article/beyond-hairstyle
#DigitalArtHistory #ComputerVision #FacialRecognition #RomanArt #AI #Iconography
Beyond Hairstyle: Roman Imperial Portraits and Facial Recognition Software — DAHJ
By using DCNN-based methods, this article investigates the possibilities of digital identification of Roman imperial portraiture at a quantitative level, without using hairstyle. It demonstrates that there are sufficient visual markers in imperial portraits, aside from hairstyle, that allow facial r