AI and Artworks: Object Detection, Image Classification and Iconographic Analysis

Session

Keynote 1

16 Apr 2026, 18:00

Seminar room 1&2 (Postsparkasse)

38. The Stables of Augeas: Standardizing Metadata with Iconclass Will Benefit AI

Dr Etienne Posthumus (FIZ Karlsruhe), Dr Hans Brandhorst (ICONCLASS)

16/04/2026, 18:00

Talk

King Augeas of Elis possessed the largest herd of cattle, goats and horses in all of Greece. For 30 years he did nothing to prevent his animals from polluting the floors of his stables with a mountain of dung. It took the strenght and ingenuity of Hercules to clean up the mess.
For 30 years museums, libraries and archives have put in an enormous effort to digitize their image collections. In...