Part I of this Note discusses a pending case, Republic of Turkey v. Metropolitan Museum, and then gives a brief historical overview of the developing regard for the cultural integrity of nations. Part II examines international convention as well as U.S. federal and common law principles as they apply to pilfered cultural objects. Part III proposes that the creation of a national registry of cul...

in this paper the problem of 3d scene and object classification from depth data is addressed. in contrast to high-dimensional feature-based representation, the depth data is described in a low dimensional space. in order to remedy the curse of dimensionality problem, the depth data is described by a sparse model over a learned dictionary. exploiting the algorithmic information theory, a new def...

Pop Art is the representative of a cultural identity that has been represented as a kind of art in the mid-twentieth century. It is based on the ordinary manifes‌tations of people’s lives, and by concentrating on media and propaganda it has become pervasive in a short time as if it is a newly emerged culture that has appeared not from the inside of community but from outside and by those sociol...

Concluding a two-part discussion on comections between the worlds of art and science, this essay examines ways in which science and technology have been applied in art. Computergraphics,holography,andorbiting“spaceart” arediscussed.Alsoconsideredare scientifictechniquesusedto study, restore, and conserve art objects. This essay touches onty briefly on a few of the aspects and issues involved in...

In this paper the problem of 3D scene and object classification from depth data is addressed. In contrast to high-dimensional feature-based representation, the depth data is described in a low dimensional space. In order to remedy the curse of dimensionality problem, the depth data is described by a sparse model over a learned dictionary. Exploiting the algorithmic information theory, a new def...