A novel visualization tool for art history and conservation: Automated colorization of black and white archival photographs of works of art

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 125-135

  Tsaftaris, Sotirios A ^a   Casadio, Francesca ^b   Andral, Jean Louis ^c   Katsaggelos, Aggelos K ^d  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b Art Institute of Chicago   (United States)

^c Service des Publics   (France)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorization algorithm; Cultural heritage; Historical photographs; Image processing; Pablo Picasso

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; COMPUTATIONAL RESOLUTION; CONSERVATION COMMUNITY; CULTURAL HERITAGES; HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; NOVEL VISUALIZATIONS; PABLO PICASSO;

COLOR;

EID: 84898429298     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: 20470584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047058413Y.0000000104     Document Type: Review

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