This study evaluated both the possible fungal metabolites involved in degradation of commercial consolidant known as Paraloid® B72 and national artisanal named transparent dispersion casein deteriorative potential melanised fungi. Fungi were found to have capacity produce organic acids, proteases esterases when they grow on consolidants, which can be used nutrients. Mycelia produced by fungi af...

Painterly rendering (non-photorealistic rendering or NPR) aims at translating photographs into paintings with discrete brush strokes, simulating certain techniques (imor expressionism) and media (oil or watercolour). Recently, our research into visual perception and models of processes in the visual cortex resulted in a new rendering scheme, in which detected lines and edges at different scales...

The paper proposes a stylistic link between the earliest wall paintings in Church of Ascension at Mileseva Monastery, previously usually attributed to Thessalonian painters, and several icons from St. Catherine?s monastery on Mount Athos. Based their visual similarity, it questions earlier attributions those Sinai icons, rejecting view that they were painted by Western Crusader artists. Further...

By J. H. Plokker. (Charles Skilton Ltd., ?4 4s.) Professor Plokker is an eminently qualified author for this subject. He is both psychiatrist and artist, and comes from Holland, a country renowned for its advanced and civilised approach to mental health. He has presented us with a deeply penetrating study, which is indispensable for those who deal with art and the mentally ill. In this well-pro...

Among various traditional art forms, brush stroke drawing is one of the widely used styles in modern computer graphic tools such as GIMP, Photoshop and Painter. In this paper, we develop an AI-aided art authoring (A4) system of nonphotorealistic rendering that allows users to automatically generate brush stroke paintings in a specific artist’s style. Within the reinforcement learning framework ...

In this paper, we examine the price dynamics of on-line art auctions of modern Indian art using functional data analysis. The purpose here is not just to understand what determines the final prices of art objects, but also the price movement during the entire auction. We identify several factors, such as artist characteristics (established or emerging artist; prior sales history), art character...

Diverse microorganisms from the three domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryota) cause deterioration in mural paintings worldwide; however, few studies have simultaneously targeted these domains. This study aims to survey microbiome its potential for biodeterioration on unpreserved Lan Na Sean Khan temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The overview archaeal, bacterial, fungal communities was re...