This presentation reviews the latest progress in the identification of the proteinaceous materials and organic dyes presented in art and in historical building materials using mass spectrometry as a dominant method. The method of the peptide mass mapping for identification of proteinaceous binders in the colour layers of easel paintings and in the historical mortars was developed in our laborat...

This paper presents an account of the work of visual artists applying artificial evolutionary techniques, addressing the implications of these techniques for artistic practice. It examines the forms of artistic or creative agency found within the field, the nature of the evolved aesthetic object, and the possible limits to this work.

In today’s world, clustering has seen many applications due to its ability of binding related data together but there are many challenges while accomplishing the task which seems to be simple. Need for clustering arisen due to desire for useful data at one location out of huge amount data increasing day by day. Clustering has proved itself fruitful in many areas like search engines, e-governanc...

the hoard of kalmakarreh includes hundreds of golden and silver wares that were incidentally discovered by a local hunter in 1987 at a northwest 20 kilometer distance to pol-e dokhtar in province of lorestan. the collection includes a variety of dishes, raytheon, human and animal sculptures, masks, plaques, jewelry,… that belongs to the neo- elamite (first millennium bc). this research led to t...

This article discusses the perceptual phenomenon of visual indeterminacy in an art historical and scientific context and considers its role in certain heightened states of awareness. Further philosophical implications of the phenomenon are discussed, specifically the suggestion that visual indeterminacy may point to an inherent contradiction in the relationship between mind and world. This disc...

coral is one of the richest ecosystems in the world and divided into two major groups. first group consist of soft corals living in tropical and semitropical oceans and seas. people in the past used these kinds of coral to make jewelry and decorative objects. second group contains hard coral which have been used as construction material in coastal zones. this paper presents the role of corals i...