NDLI: Identification of geometrical shapes in paintings and its application to demonstrate the foundations of geometry in 1650 B.C

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Author	Papaodysseus, C. Exarhos, M. Panagopoulos, T. Triantafillou, C. Roussopoulos, G. Pantazi, A. Loumos, V. Fragoulis, D. Doumas, C.
Copyright Year	1992
Abstract	In this paper, an original general methodology is introduced to establish whether a handmade shape corresponds to a given geometrical prototype. Using this methodology, one can decide if an artist had the intention of drawing a specific mathematical prototype or not. This analysis is applied to the 1650 B.C. wall paintings from the prehistoric settlement on Thera, and inferences of great archaeological and historical importance are made. In particular, strong evidence is obtained suggesting that the spirals depicted on the wall paintings correspond to linear (Archimedes) spirals, certain shapes correspond to canonical 48-gon and 32-gon, while other shapes correspond to parts of ellipses. It seems that the presented wall paintings constitute the earliest archaeological findings on which these geometrical patterns appear with such remarkable accuracy.
Sponsorship	IEEE Signal Processing Society
Page Count	12
File Size	2252873
Starting Page	862
Ending Page	873
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10577149
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-07-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Shape Painting Geometry Spirals Prototypes Image processing Cities and towns Image analysis Pattern analysis prehistoric geometry via pattern extraction Foundation of geometry via image processing image processing on paintings image shape analysis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Software

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