Analysis of cypriot icon faces using ICA-enhanced active shape model representation

Guifang Duan*, Neela Sawant, James Z. Wang, Dean Snow, Danni Ai, Yen Wei Chen

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Abstract

Religious iconography is an integral component of the cultural heritage of Cyprus, which was once a part of the great Byzantine empire. On one hand, icons exhibit strict adherence to conventional symbols, poses and apparel. On the other hand, there is a great variety in the style of depiction that can be attributed to different schools and periods. This paper proposes an active shape model (ASM) based technique for icon face representation that can be used for style comparison and attribution. For centuries-old icons suffering from loss of paint, cracks and added noise from digitization artifacts, we apply an independent component analysis (ICA) technique to enhance the paintings'original work. The experimental results show that our method can effectively characterize Cypriot icons.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMM'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference and Co-Located Workshops
Pages901-904
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event19th ACM International Conference on Multimedia ACM Multimedia 2011, MM'11 - Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Duration: 28 Nov 20111 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameMM'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference and Co-Located Workshops

Conference

Conference19th ACM International Conference on Multimedia ACM Multimedia 2011, MM'11
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityScottsdale, AZ
Period28/11/111/12/11

Keywords

  • Active shape model
  • Byzantine
  • Cyprus
  • Iconography
  • Independent component analysis

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Duan, G., Sawant, N., Wang, J. Z., Snow, D., Ai, D., & Chen, Y. W. (2011). Analysis of cypriot icon faces using ICA-enhanced active shape model representation. In MM'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference and Co-Located Workshops (pp. 901-904). (MM'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Multimedia Conference and Co-Located Workshops). https://doi.org/10.1145/2072298.2071898