{"id":8238,"date":"2021-10-07T19:46:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1369188"},"modified":"2021-10-07T19:46:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:46:41","slug":"google-ai-recreates-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-during-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8238","title":{"rendered":"Google AI recreates Gustav Klimt paintings destroyed during WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span>Gustav Klimt created some of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_most_expensive_paintings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">the world\u2019s most expensive masterpieces<\/a><span>, but around <\/span><span>20% of his artworks have been lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among them are <span>the so-called&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/story\/nwWxIZNv_3ZAIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><i>Faculty Paintings<\/i><\/a><span>: <i>Philosophy<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Medicine<\/i>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Jurisprudence.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The three pieces are believed to have been destroyed in a fire during World War Two. Only black and white photos of the artworks remain.<\/p>\n<p>The original paintings may never be seen again, but machine learning has come close to bringing them back to life.<\/p>\n<p>Using AI and the artistic expertise of Vienna\u2019s <span>Belvedere Museum,<\/span> the Google Arts &amp; Culture Lab developed an algorithm that applied Klimt\u2019s colorization style to the photos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369204 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26.png\" alt=\"Google used AI to restore disappeared Klimt masterpieces.\" width=\"1640\" height=\"858\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26.png 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-280x146.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-258x135.png 258w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-516x270.png 516w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-796x416.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-1592x833.png 1592w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/google-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2021%2F10%2F07%2Fgoogle-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The restored paintings. Credit: Google.\" data-title=\"Share The restored paintings. Credit: Google. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The restored paintings. Credit: Google. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>The restored paintings. Credit: Google.<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369204\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26.png\" alt=\"Google used AI to restore disappeared Klimt masterpieces.\" width=\"1640\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26.png 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-280x146.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-258x135.png 258w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-516x270.png 516w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-796x416.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-17.50.26-1592x833.png 1592w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h2>The painter\u2019s palette<\/h2>\n<p>AI colorization of black and white photos has been criticized for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwenckatz\/status\/1381652071695351810?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">inaccurately depicting the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paintings add extra complexity to the process, as artists often don\u2019t intend to replicate reality.<\/p>\n<p>Klimt, for instance, may paint the sky with a shocking shade of green rather than a conventional blue.<\/p>\n<p>To understand these choices, the Google team turned to Dr Franz Smola, a curator at Belvedere.<\/p>\n<p>Smola collected<span> comments about the<em> Faculty Paintings<\/em> artworks from news articles, exhibition catalogs, and letters. This information was then compared to Klimt\u2019s surviving artworks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369206 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28.png\" alt=\"Colors from surviving artworks were matched to sections of the Faculty Paintings. Credit: Google.\" width=\"906\" height=\"1230\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28.png 906w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-155x210.png 155w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-99x135.png 99w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-199x270.png 199w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-796x1081.png 796w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/google-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2021%2F10%2F07%2Fgoogle-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Colors from surviving artworks were matched to sections of the Faculty Paintings. Credit: Google.\" data-title=\"Share Colors from surviving artworks were matched to sections of the Faculty Paintings. Credit: Google. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Colors from surviving artworks were matched to sections of the Faculty Paintings. Credit: Google. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Colors from surviving artworks were matched to sections of the Faculty Paintings. Credit: Google.<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369206\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28.png\" alt=\"Colors from surviving artworks were matched to sections of the Faculty Paintings. Credit: Google.\" width=\"906\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28.png 906w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-155x210.png 155w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-99x135.png 99w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-199x270.png 199w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.33.28-796x1081.png 796w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Smola discovered, for example, a description of \u201cgolden snakes\u201d in the hair of three women in <span><i>Jurisprudence.<\/i><\/span> Golden snakes also appear in Klimt\u2019s <span><em>Beethoven Frieze<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the two artworks were made during the same time, the team assumed Klimt used a similar tone of gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This research was used to develop an algorithm that replicated Klimt\u2019s style.<\/p>\n<h2>The artist\u2019s model<\/h2>\n<p><span>The algorithm was first trained on a collection of 91,749 artworks, which allowed the model to understand general aspects of painting. works. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Next, the algorithm was t<\/span><span>rained on Klimt\u2019s own paintings in order to replicate his colorization style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The researchers also <span>developed an interface to interact with the algorithm. This was used to apply reference colors from Smola\u2019s research to the artworks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf we know that a certain object has a specific color, we add that color directly to the black and white photos,\u201d said <\/span>Emil Waller, a creative coder at the Google Arts &amp; Culture Lab, in <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/story\/SQWxuZfE5ki3mQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369207 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34.png\" alt=\"The interface was used to guide the algorithm. \" width=\"1226\" height=\"840\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34.png 1226w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-280x192.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-197x135.png 197w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-394x270.png 394w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-796x545.png 796w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/google-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2021%2F10%2F07%2Fgoogle-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The interface allowed humans to overrule the algorithm\u2019s inferences. Credit: Google.\" data-title=\"Share The interface allowed humans to overrule the algorithm\u2019s inferences. Credit: Google. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The interface allowed humans to overrule the algorithm\u2019s inferences. Credit: Google. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>The interface allowed humans to overrule the algorithm\u2019s inferences. Credit: Google.<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1369207\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34.png\" alt=\"The interface was used to guide the algorithm. \" width=\"1226\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34.png 1226w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-280x192.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-197x135.png 197w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-394x270.png 394w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-07-at-18.44.34-796x545.png 796w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>We may never know how well the reproductions replicate the originals. But they\u2019re the closest people have come to experiencing <span>the<em> Faculty Paintings<\/em><\/span> for more than 70 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greetings Humanoids! Did you know we have a newsletter all about AI? You can subscribe to it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/share.hsforms.com\/1kUPK28s-Ro67GKE8E65Zwg47gef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">right here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/google-ai-algorithm-restores-gustav-klimt-paintings-destroyed-in-world-war-two\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gustav Klimt created some of the world\u2019s most expensive masterpieces, but around 20% of his artworks have been lost. Among them are the so-called&nbsp;Faculty Paintings: Philosophy,&nbsp;Medicine,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jurisprudence. 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