This painting below looks almost exactly like the study of the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt , and as far as science and math is concerned , it is a Rembrandt . But rather of oils and brushes , researchers from Microsoft and other organizationsused datum points and 3D printing .
To produce this young Rembrandt , the squad meticulously scrutinized 346 Rembrandt masterpieces to get a sense of not only the cougar ’s style , but types of matter , positions , facial features , and distinctive outfits . After analyzing these paintings down to the very pixel , they determined that their new Rembrandt should be a portrait of “ a caucasian male with facial hair between 30 or 40 years onetime in dark clothing and a neckband tire out a hat with his side place to the right , ” agree to the video below .
With that framework in intellect , act upon by a Brobdingnagian database built with statistical analysis and algorithms analyzing Rembrandt ’s proficiency , the team set to work liken single feature , like an orb or the slight contention of the head teacher . To add a 3D dimension — after all , paintings are layers upon layer of paint — a height map created the final painting using a 3D printing machine .
fundamentally , this painting is what you ’d get if you mixed together almost every Rembrandt portraiture to create one single painting , and the upshot is impressively naturalistic . But this Rembrandt , while a testament to the work of a genius , also denies the common melodic theme that data point analysis is meant only for business analytics or unearthly research lab experiments . Just like a paint brush , in the correct hands it can make a chef-d’oeuvre .
[ Next RembrandtviaKottke ]
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