Projects
Perspicio: the perspective drawing as unlocker in the Renaissance art painting, a development of painted spatialities KU Leuven
The interplay between social structure, collaboration, creativity and innovation in Antwerp and Brussels painting and tapestry design (1600-1650) through formal art historical network research KU Leuven
Under the umbrella of 'Project Cornelia' the international and interdisciplinary research project 'Coral' analyzes the interplay between ever-changing social structure on the one hand (“art worlds”), and the dynamics of collaboration, creativity and innovation in Antwerp and Brussels baroque painting and tapestry design on the other.
In order to reconstruct this part of the "coral reef of culture" (Gombrich), 'Coral' aims to collect a ...
Painting themselves: A transnational approach to national selfportraiture Ghent University
This project proposes a transnational approach to the national selfportraits published in the 1840s in Europe. National self-portraits were collaborative anthologies that attempted to capture the essence of a nation through the repreesentation of its consitutive types or scenes. This project examines how the intertextualities and international dialoque among these collections shaped the definition of national identity in the 1840s.
statisticl modeling of visual patterns wiht applications to digital painting analysis Ghent University
the goal of this project is to develop new statistical models and representations of visual patterns and thereby bring new and important advances in the analysis of digitized paintings. the project aims at both fundamental theoretical contributions in vision science and at creating innovative computer vision methods for analysis and authentication of digitized masterpieces.
Study of the history of paint technology in the 19th and 20th century; study of existing historical painting palettes and paint tubes. University of Antwerp
Organoid painting: Unbiased cellular phenotyping of human tissue mimics using deep learning-enhanced imaging and analysis. University of Antwerp
Investigating the Loss of Original Experience Caused by Irreversible Ageing in American Post-War Painting: Towards an Interdisciplinary-Reconstruction-of-Art (IRECONA) Method KU Leuven
The identification of the techniques of medieval and Renaissance wall paintings in the Low Countries - Necessity of this knowledge for cultural heritage management and conservation practice. Ghent University
In this study binding media of approximately 100 samples of about 20 wall paintingsU+2019 sites in Low Countries, dated between c. 1300 and 1600, will be identified. The study aims to give a first view on wall paintingsU+2019 techniques. The necessity of these results for conservation practice will be underlined.