In the eye of the beholder: Employing statistical analysis and eye tracking for analyzing abstract paintings

MM 2012 - Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Multimedia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 349-357

  Yanulevskaya, Victoria ^a   Uijlings, Jasper ^a   Bruni, Elia ^a   Sartori, Andreza ^a,b   Zamboni, Elisa ^a   Bacci, Francesca ^c   Melcher, David ^a   Sebe, Nicu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

^c Museum of Art of Trento and Rovereto   (Italy)

Author keywords

abstract paintings; emotion recognition; eye tracking; visual art

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT PAINTINGS; EMOTION RECOGNITION; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; EYE-TRACKING; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL PATTERN; VISUAL ARTS;

MACHINERY; PAINTING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84871398280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2393347.2393399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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