Artistic Image Research Articles

Research on the artistic form and image expression effect of public sculpture based on intelligent and parametric design

With the modernization of cities, public sculptures are constantly being designed and constructed. The artistic form and image expression effect of sculpture based on intelligent and parametric design needs to be designed and developed to guide and assist the construction of sculpture. This paper applies the NAS architecture search method to explore the field of image expression effect models. Through the end-to-end search of the experiment designed in this paper, the separable convolution lightweight design is used, and the new model AestheticNet is used to predict the image form effect score distribution. Secondly, this paper proposes optimization strategies combining image expression effect theory and convolutional neural network, including improvement of Loss function self-weighted Loss, two-dimensional Attention mechanism – introduction of CBAM, and adaptive pooling layer. Optimization of several aspects, such as adaptive input. Finally, the validation set is compared with other existing image-morphological effect model algorithms, which proves the effectiveness of the customized search scheme. It demonstrates the efficacy of the AestheticNet model compared to other algorithms by validating its prediction of public sculpture image form effect ratings. The artistic form using intelligent and parametric design methodologies may improve. Image expression of sculptures may be enhanced by applying the image form effect model, which should be pervasive. We can use it to intelligently and parametrically guide the design and manufacture of sculptures.

The creation of artistic / aesthetic values within the choreographic art education

Choreographic art is not only a rich treasure trove of artistic/aesthetic values, but also a process that involves and makes responsible individualities, through its specific means of reflecting the surrounding world. The development of artistic/aesthetic values within the education of choreographic art is closely related to the creation of the artistic image (the work of art) and the assimilation through activities of creative thinking in images and artistic thinking. Artistic thinking largely includes elements and structures of logical thinking that are expressed in compositions, drawings and choreographic techniques. Aesthetics is the product of a spiritual activity, which appeared within individual perception and appreciation. The categories of aesthetics/ beauty, through their invaluable significance, develop not only the creative thinking of the future choreographer, but also form his value/aesthetic orientations, which consequently determine his life position. Beauty represents an aesthetic category of the highest aesthetic value that has the ability to characterize choreographic works from the performance point of view.

Segmentation Guided Crossing Dual Decoding Generative Adversarial Network for Synthesizing Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography Images.

Although contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) images significantly improve the accuracy of diagnosing focal liver lesions (FLLs), the administration of contrast agents imposes a considerable physical burden on patients. The utilization of generative models to synthesize CE-CT images from non-contrasted CT images offers a promising solution. However, existing image synthesis models tend to overlook the importance of critical regions, inevitably reducing their effectiveness in downstream tasks. To overcome this challenge, we propose an innovative CE-CT image synthesis model called Segmentation Guided Crossing Dual Decoding Generative Adversarial Network (SGCDD-GAN). Specifically, the SGCDD-GAN involves a crossing dual decoding generator including an attention decoder and an improved transformation decoder. The attention decoder is designed to highlight some critical regions within the abdominal cavity, while the improved transformation decoder is responsible for synthesizing CE-CT images. These two decoders are interconnected using a crossing technique to enhance each other's capabilities. Furthermore, we employ a multi-task learning strategy to guide the generator to focus more on the lesion area. To evaluate the performance of proposed SGCDD-GAN, we test it on an in-house CE-CT dataset. In both CE-CT image synthesis tasks-namely, synthesizing ART images and synthesizing PV images-the proposed SGCDD-GAN demonstrates superior performance metrics across the entire image and liver region, including SSIM, PSNR, MSE, and PCC scores. Furthermore, CE-CT images synthetized from our SGCDD-GAN achieve remarkable accuracy rates of 82.68%, 94.11%, and 94.11% in a deep learning-based FLLs classification task, along with a pilot assessment conducted by two radiologists.

THE USE OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANS IN THE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF YOUTH

The changes that have occurred in all spheres of life of Ukrainian society, and the new substantive and value reorientation of citizens, urgently require special attention to the patriotic education of the younger generation. The aim of the study is to analyze the features and methods of using emotional and psychological means in the patriotic education of modern youth. The research methodology is based on the dialectical relationship of the following methods: the method of analysis of the existing definitions of “patriotism” and “belief”, system-structural approach – to understand the beliefs as a determining factor in the patriotic education of modern youth, synergetic approach – in the process of analyzing the role of emotional and psychological influence in the system of patriotic education through the use of verbal influence, empirical method – a written survey of students.Scientific novelty lies in the analysis of the influence of emotional and psychological means as a major factor in the formation of patriotism. From the standpoint of the activity approach, the use of the emotional function of language in the education of patriotic feelings has been rethought.The study proved that emotionally-psychological means of influencing human consciousness play a leading role in forming moral and ethical beliefs, particularly patriotism. According to the author, the best way to fulfill this mission is through artistic literature and means of art. An idea embodied in artistic images has a tremendous educational impact, convinces, instills certain feelings, and motivates action. The study established that artistic literature plays an extremely important role in socio-political life and emphasized that not only positive images of literary heroes have educational value but also negative phenomena that require moral condemnation and encourage one to take a certain life position.The idea embodied in artistic images has a huge educational impact, convinces, inspires certain feelings and motivates to action. The problem of patriotic education is currently quite relevant and requires special attention of researchers in the field of philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, emotional linguistics and, in particular, specialists in the field of philosophy of education.

Evaluation in Neural Style Transfer: A Review

AbstractThe field of neural style transfer (NST) has witnessed remarkable progress in the past few years, with approaches being able to synthesize artistic and photorealistic images and videos of exceptional quality. To evaluate such results, a diverse landscape of evaluation methods and metrics is used, including authors' opinions based on side‐by‐side comparisons, human evaluation studies that quantify the subjective judgements of participants, and a multitude of quantitative computational metrics which objectively assess the different aspects of an algorithm's performance. However, there is no consensus regarding the most suitable and effective evaluation procedure that can guarantee the reliability of the results. In this review, we provide an in‐depth analysis of existing evaluation techniques, identify the inconsistencies and limitations of current evaluation methods, and give recommendations for standardized evaluation practices. We believe that the development of a robust evaluation framework will not only enable more meaningful and fairer comparisons among NST methods but will also enhance the comprehension and interpretation of research findings in the field.

Review of Hybrid Denoising Approaches in Face Recognition

Statistically, image denoising is one of the key pillars of image processing and picture acquisition, which also is utilized to clear the noisy images. Over the last years, there is an increase of study subjects that are devoting to designing and making noise cancellation methods. This study reviews all major image denoising techniques, with a special emphasis on integrated deep learning approaches as well as traditional signal processing methods. The review presents a broad array of techniques for instance convolutional neural networks (CNNs), wavelet transforms, hybrid models, and their emendations. The lecturer will focus on the advantages, as well as the disadvantages, of each methodology along with their appropriateness in various fields, from which the current state of the art image denoising can be concluded. On the other hand, the paper discusses critical barriers leading to further prospects of research in cybersecurity and cybercrime prevention This review is important in that it aims to serve researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts who would like to peer into the new trends and developments in denoise image generation.

Формирование творческого опыта хореографа в системе профессионального образования

The modern system of training specialists in the field of choreography prepares a creative person who constantly strives for professional self-improvement and strives to teach and train others (children and adults). Since choreographic art is the art of beauty and health of the human body. Therefore, many teachers around the world strive to study, analyze and develop their own innovative teaching methods. Since they have a positive effect on (1) the manifestation of creative abilities in future specialists; (2) development of various forms of thinking; (3) expand worldviews in general, and (4) help to see the interconnectedness of dance art with biology and other sciences. It is precisely these qualities that future teachers and choreography teachers need and must be developed in the learning process. Therefore, in many educational institutions, the development of art education is noted through updating its content, associated with rethinking the social purpose of the profession of a choreography teacher, since it is he who is able to creatively introduce socially significant innovations and flexibly respond to the cultural demands of the time. The necessity is substantiated not only for the teacher to develop the subject and practical skills of a dancer, but also for the synthesis of knowledge, abilities and skills that allow the effective implementation of professional training of future choreographers with relevant competencies. The article emphasizes that the formation of artistic and creative experience is associated (1) with the need to get acquainted with works of art through perception and performing interpretation; (2) with the motivation to acquire knowledge in the field of expressive means as the basis for creating choreographic images; (3) with the development of the ability to perceive artistic images in the field of choreographic art for in-depth mastery of the art of reproducing choreographic works. Taking into account the listed features requires the effective use of creative tasks in the educational process through means of improving and optimizing educational activities. It has been proven that professional training in modern choreography requires the teacher’s ability to integrate his knowledge when teaching specific disciplines in order to appropriately update the educational process.

The artistic image processing for visual healing in smart city

This study investigates the processing methods of artistic images within the context of Smart city (SC) initiatives, focusing on the visual healing effects of artistic image processing to enhance urban residents’ mental health and quality of life. Firstly, it examines the role of artistic image processing techniques in visual healing. Secondly, deep learning technology is introduced and improved, proposing the overlapping segmentation vision transformer (OSViT) for image blocks, and further integrating the bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) algorithm. An innovative artistic image processing and classification recognition model based on OSViT-BiLSTM is then constructed. Finally, the visual healing effect of the processed art images in different scenes is analyzed. The results demonstrate that the proposed model achieves a classification recognition accuracy of 92.9% for art images, which is at least 6.9% higher than that of other existing model algorithms. Additionally, over 90% of users report satisfaction with the visual healing effects of the artistic images. Therefore, it is found that the proposed model can accurately identify artistic images, enhance their beauty and artistry, and improve the visual healing effect. This study provides an experimental reference for incorporating visual healing into SC initiatives.

Знание о политике: концептуальный синтез народной психологии, политической науки и политической философии (об идее политической концептологии В.П. Макаренко)

The article examines the idea of ​​political conceptology proposed by V.P. Makarenko and implemented by him in relation to current political problems. The author considers it the answer to the question of what knowledge about politics can be, bridging the gap between normative and descriptive knowledge of political phenomena. As a form of political knowledge, conceptology is a synthesis of ordinary views on politics, political philosophy and political science. It significantly weakens restrictions on language and style, allows for value judgments, a mixture of scientific and journalistic approaches, and the use of artistic images, which allows for maximum individualization of the objects under consideration. Content flexibility of concepts (as V.P. Makarenko understands and uses them) makes them a valuable methodological tool in social cognition.

The Creation and Exploration of Human-Computer Interaction in New Media Art Image Representation

The Creation and Exploration of Human-Computer Interaction in New Media Art Image Representation

Block-based optimization for enhancing reversible watermarking using reduce difference expansion

In recent years, reversible watermarking has emerged as a promising technique that safely embeds data in digital images without compromising their originality. This method is particularly useful for sensitive images such as military, art, and medical images, where each pixel contains important information requiring authentication. Researchers have been attempting to develop this method further to increase payload capacity while maintaining visual quality and low computational complexity. In this study, we developed a reversible watermarking with block-based optimization based on Reduced Difference Expansion (RDE) applied to 3×3 pixel blocks, allowing for the embedding of 8?bit data. Based on experimental results from tests conducted on 2 common images and 3 medical images, our method could consistently achieve a payload capacity of up to 0.8924 bpp with a PSNR of 41.077 dB while maintaining good visual quality across various image categories, outperforming previous approaches.

Architectural and artistic image of a historical and memorial complex in the Arkhangelsk Oblast

The study focuses on the problem of сreating a historical and memorial complex on the Mudyug Island in the Arkhangelsk Oblast. A new architectural and artistic image of the socio-cultural environment is created, which bears spirituality and perpetuates the memory of the last century’s tragic events. This is achieved by a wide toolkit of the architectural science, a review of literature sources review, and a theoretical generalization of the global experience. S.G. Shabiev conducted field surveys of memorial complexes not only in the Russian Federation, but also in Australia, Canada, China, and European countries. Moreover, an architectural and landscape analysis of the designed area was carried out, along with a study of potential tourist routes and connection to the continental part. The main elements of the site development were identified, with the center of the composition located in the Belaya Bashnya lighthouse area. As a result, the authors developed a conceptual design plan of the complex with an original master plan structure based on three lighthouse beams. These projected ground-level beams include standalone memorial facilities and culminate with the elements of a café, a viewing platform, and a pier on the Dvina Bay shore. All the beams also comprise well-maintained fields, small architectural forms, open-air exhibition spaces, and concert venues for literary events on the historical themes of the complex. Furthermore, the conceptual design plan provides for the construction of a 125-place hotel next to the lighthouse. The study demonstrates an unparalleled architectural and planning solution on the basis of innovative techniques using abstract spaces of the museum complex. These spaces represent sculptural forms, artistically reflecting historical events of the island.

Narrative to icon: the inscriptive origins of Christ Ecce Homo

This article examines the shifting iconographical meaning and purpose of the Latin phrase ecce homo in visual art in the later Middle Ages. As told in John 19: 4–5, ecce homo was the terse two-line sentence exclaimed by Pontius Pilate as he presented Christ to the people of Jerusalem: “Behold, [the] man!” Beginning in the early fifteenth century, it became common for artists in Northern and Central Europe to integrate the phrase ecce homo directly into depictions of this presentation scene, first in narrative-images and eventually in stand-alone devotional icons. Initially, these brief inscriptions served to visualize Pilate’s climactic two-word speech. In the latter half of the century, however, ecce homo became unmoored from its original scheme. What once had a precise narrative function had, by 1500, expanded to become a message directed at the viewer, an epithet for the specific aspect of Christ represented in the narrative, and a title for the narrative itself. This unmooring happened in conjunction with a shift in the function of the figure of Christ within these images and the adaptation of this type of figure into an en buste portrait. Research presented in this article, the first to address these inscriptions in any way, affords new insight into long-standing questions about the typological relationship linking narrative-images and icons. The article challenges the “genetic” model of typological development established by Erwin Panofsky and Sixten Ringbom, both of whom used the iconography of the Ecce Homo as a case study for how to explain the pictorial forms of devotional images in late medieval and early modern art.

Pyotr Verkhovensky in the Character System in F. M. Dostoevsky’s Novel “Demons”

The purpose of the article is to reveal the artistic and philosophical significance of the image of Pyotr Verkhovensky, who is the main character in the novel “Demons” by F. M. Dostoevsky. This implies an expansion and deepening of ideas about his personal development. In Verkhovensky’s spiritual experience, concepts about the primordial Christian landmarks are misperceived and the hierarchy of Law and Grace is violated. Pyotr Verkhovensky is endowed with the ability to influence others for the sake of his own selfish motives in the name of self-affirmation, building an imaginary reality, and commanding his trusted associates with threats and blackmail. Legalism imperceptibly turns into lawlessness, on the one hand, endowing Verkhovensky with the power to influence others, clearly by nature or by perverted human nature. On the other hand, it condemns the hero, who succumbs to the temptations of self-affirmation, to loneliness and spiritual impoverishment. The article also shows the influence of Pyotr Verkhovensky on the creative explorations of Russian writers, revealing the tragic consequences of violating the value hierarchy of Law and Grace, which allows us to consider this artistic image in the moral paradigms of modernity.

The Moscow–Tartu Semiotic School and Soviet Art History

Although the problems of art history did not form the core of the Moscow–Tartu semiotic school’s interests, its members often turned to the material of visual art within the framework of general and specific studies of sign systems. In turn, Soviet art history in general did not show interest in semiotics. Meanwhile, the selection of problems and the approach to them in art history (mainly of the Moscow school) indicated that the reflections of art historians and philologists starting from a certain time (in the late 1960s and into the 1970s) began to develop in parallel veins. The present article provides an overview of the main problems of visual art in the works of representatives of the Moscow–Tartu school (Lotman, Uspenskij, Ivanov, Toporov and others), as well as of the adepts of semiotics from the side of art history (Paperny, Daniel, Zlydneva). In addition, the article shows how despite not accepting the semiotic mode of thinking, in their texts art historians approached the semiotic problematics of art raised by philologists (in particular, interest in the problem of the border-zone and marginalia, correlation between a word and an image in visual art, and the poetics of the historical avant-garde, etc.). This antinomic (non-)meeting of semiotics and art history in the realm of Soviet humanities in the 1970s can serve as the manifestation of the power of the unified scientific episteme of the era.

Artistic style decomposition for texture and shape editing

AbstractWhile methods for generative image synthesis and example-based stylization produce impressive results, their black-box style representation intertwines shape, texture, and color aspects, limiting precise stylistic control and editing of artistic images. We introduce a novel method for decomposing the style of an artistic image that enables interactive geometric shape abstraction and texture control. We spatially decompose the input image into geometric shapes and an overlaying parametric texture representation, facilitating independent manipulation of color and texture. The parameters in this texture representation, comprising the image’s high-frequency details, control painterly attributes in a series of differentiable stylization filters. Shape decomposition is achieved using either segmentation or stroke-based neural rendering techniques. We demonstrate that our shape and texture decoupling enables diverse stylistic edits, including adjustments in shape, stroke, and painterly attributes such as contours and surface relief. Moreover, we demonstrate shape and texture style transfer in the parametric space using both reference images and text prompts and accelerate these by training networks for single- and arbitrary-style parameter prediction.

The Art of Online Bodies: Surveillance, Identity, and Collective Narratives

This paper delves into the production of body images in internet art and its interplay with consumer society. Through an analysis of various works related to 'online bodies', the study uncovers the mechanisms of self-exposure and surveillance embedded within these images. These artworks illustrate not only how individuals portray themselves online but also how collective narratives emerge. Furthermore, the paper scrutinizes the role of body images within technological and cultural algorithms, shedding light on their significance in contemporary society.

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF SPECIES AND COLOR IN ANTHROPOCENTRIC PROVERBS

The world around us is always colored in one way or another, and then, of course, we need to use terms to define color. The dictionary of any language always contains a limited number of color names (usually 100-150). In this case, the human eye can distinguish several times more colors (up to 100,000 shades). Color is of great importance in the life of a modern person. Often, people’s mood, emotions, and even physical well-being directly depend on this. This explains why research in the field of color is so popular among psychologists. However, when considering certain aspects, experts often overlook the deep historical and cultural experience of a person who constantly strives to name the objects and phenomena that surround him. This article examines the conceptual features of flowers in proverbs and sayings. The article examines from a historical point of view the poetic features of anthropocentric proverbs with black and white colors and concludes that they form the basis of a stable antonymy that helps to understand the features of the artistic image of the world, as well as clarify philosophical and aesthetic points of view. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that black and white colors are little studied in proverbs and sayings. To continue and complement these studies, the authors focus on the color palette of proverbs when conducting the study. The color scheme is ideological and thematic, attracts characteristic sharp contrasts, and most importantly performs certain functions. It is proved that the values «black» and «white» can have both positive and negative characteristics.

TRANSITIONAL AREAS OF DIGITAL GAME ART

Digital games, which constitute a part of new media studies, offer different reality experiences and new expressive environments to a player with multimodal interactions and hybrid reality practices offered by game engines. The alternative environments offered by digital game art create a kind of ‘transitional space’ in the participant’s experience process with ambiguous structures such as reality-fiction. The phenomenon of the transitional area, discussed by Donald W. Winnicott, is the cultural manoeuvring space in which the subject experiences both internal and external reality while constructing the initial fiction of the self, and is closely related to Jean Baudrillard’s concept of simulation in which fiction and reality are mixed. In contemporary art, where the artistic image becomes a virtual reality, phantasmagoria, in which meaning and reality are reconstructed and staged in new media works referencing digital game practices, takes place in the transitional areas that Winnicott sees as a dynamic and experiential playground. This research focuses on digital game art works of different artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Hesam Jalili, Theo Triantafyllidis, Ian Cheng, and Joon Yong Moon, who create a transitional space in their work with practices such as ‘gamification of space’ and ‘counter gaming’.

Semantics of light as a tool for shaping the architecture of the modern era

The semantics of light is considered through the prism of a cultural phenomenon, as an object of research, as well as a tool for the formation of visual and spatial characteristics of architecture from ancient times to the architecture of the modern era. It is emphasized that light, as a tool, is semantically perceived in mythological representations, aesthetic and philosophical treatises, in the theory of architecture. An analysis of the use of light in the formation of an artistic image in the architecture of the latest era is provided from the point of view of physical-spatial, aesthetic-emotional and figurative-semantic aspects according to the levels of scale: macro-scale, meso-scale, micro-scale. The perception of architecture is revealed through the semantics of using natural light as speech, which conveys meaning through light-spatial plasticity and generates certain emotions and feelings. Spaces, objects, exhibits, parts of structures illuminated in one way or another reveal the semantic meaning of light as a powerful tool and show the external (physical) and internal (sensory) beauty and aesthetics of the object. The semantics of light in architecture affects the formation of design and general atmosphere, contributes to the creation of emotional depth and cultural significance of buildings and structures. The following semantic principles of light are highlighted in the work: the interaction of light with the urban context – the lighting design of buildings and structures is integrated into the existing urban environment to convey one or another message; conveying the symbolic meaning of light through metaphor and narrative – light is used to reinforce a key idea or theme of buildings and structures, and its meaning influences cultural identity by reflecting local features and national symbols; emotional impact and creation of an atmosphere - a variety of lighting techniques contributes to the enrichment of emotional and personal experience.