Publications

Publications by Emily L. Spratt

"The Augmented Dataset: Artistic Appropriations of GANs and their Bearings on Ethical Considerations of AI," in Conference Proceedings of La mesure des images : approches computationnelles en histoire et théorie des arts/The Measurement of Images: Computational Approaches in the History and Theory of the Arts, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Lille (MESHS), Septentrion Press, (in English and French), Winter 2021.

"The Kunstwollen of The Machine-Learned Image: Reflections on Riegl's Legacy and The Ethics of Predictive Image-Based AI for Art History and Historic Preservation," in Das Fragment im Digitalen Zeitalter / The Fragment in the Digital Age, Hendrik Bäßler Verlag, May 2021.

"Gastronomic Algorithms: Artistic and Sensory Exploration of Alain Passard’s Michelin Plates in the Manner of Giuseppe Arcimboldo with GANs," Leonardo, MIT Press, 54 (6) doi: 10.1162/LEON_a_02064, December 22, 2021.

"The Optimism of Ethical Frameworks for AI: Reconsiderations of The Binary Perspectives on Emerging Technologies and the Role of The Humanities in the Discourse," State of AI Ethics Report, The Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI), (French translation forthcoming), January 2021.

"On the Gothic Edits of Notre Dame de Paris," Future Anterior, University of Minnesota Press, vol. 17 no. 1, 2020.

"Ingenium, Inventio, Vis, Facilitas: Western Influences in Post-Byzantine Art and the Question of Imitability," in Patterns, Models, Drawings, eds. Emmanuel Moutafov and Margarita Kuyumdzhieva, Art Readings, Thematic Peer-reviewed Annual in Art Studies, Volumes I-II, Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of the Sciences, Sofia, February 2020.

"Computer Vision Technology and Autonomous Learning Investment Strategies," (co-author) with Michael Weinberg, Alternative Investment Management Association Journal, AIMA Edition 117, January 2019. (A longer version of the article is published as "Eyes of the World: Optimizing Computer Vision Technology for Autonomous Learning Investment Strategies," (co-author) with Michael Weinberg, Ex Machina, MOV37 Hedge Fund Publication, February 4, 2019.) (Please click here if the link does not work.)

"Curating the Visual Landscape of Our Digital World," Discoveries, Photoarchive, The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library, May 4, 2018. (Please click here if the link does not work.)

"Malala and 'Unhuman: Art in the Age of AI'," XRDS Magazine, Association for Computing Machinery, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2018.

"Creation, Curation, and Classification: Mario Klingemann and Emily L. Spratt in Conversation," XRDS Magazine, Association for Computing Machinery, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2018.

“Computers and Art in the Age of Machine Learning,” INIT Feature Article, XRDS Magazine, Association for Computing Machinery, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2018.

"Why the Louvre needs a Byzantine art section," Apollo, The International Art Magazine, February 2, 2018. (Please click here if the link does not work.)

“Dream Formulations and Deep Neural Networks: Humanistic Themes in the Iconology of the Machine-Learned Image,” Kunsttexte.de, Winter 2017.

“Representation of the Liturgy in the Visual Arts,” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, ed. Katherine Marsengill, De Gruyter, Winter 2017.

"Computational Beauty: Aesthetic Judgment at the Intersection of Art and Science,” (first author) with Ahmed Elgammal (second author), in Computer Vision: ECCV Conference Proceedings 2014, Springer Verlag, Fall 2014.

“The Digital Humanities Unveiled: Perceptions Held by Art Historians and Computer Scientists about Computer Vision Technology,” (first author) with Ahmed Elgammal (second author), Cornell University Library arXiv Physics Archive, http://arxivweb3.library.cornell.edu/abs/1411.6714v1, November 2014.

“Toward a Definition of ‘Post-Byzantine’ Art: The Angleton Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum,” Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 71 (June 2014, double issue [2012–13]).

“New Acquisitions,” Princeton University Art Museum Magazine, (co-author) with J. Michael Padgett, PUAM, Fall 2011.

“Dimitrios Talaganis, an Exceptional Installation Artist,” in Dimitrios Talaganis, a Catalog of Works, artist publication, Fall 2006.

Theses

Ph.D. Thesis

Byzantium not Forgotten: Constructing the Artistic and Cultural Legacy of an Empire between East and West in the Early Modern Period, Volumes 1-2, Princeton University, Spring 2020 (601 pages).

M.A. Thesis

The Allegory of the Holy Communion: An Investigation of a post-Byzantine Icon Type that Developed on the Ionian Islands during the Period of the Venetian Hegemony, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 2007 (68 pages).

Translations and Editing

Honorary Guest Editor, “Computers and Art Special Edition,” XRDS Magazine, Association of Computing Machinery, Spring 2018.

Translator of exhibition texts for Ex-Votos and Miracles, (from the Modern Greek and French), 21^st Byzantine Ephorate and the French Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece, 2007.

Translator of Dimitrios Talaganis, a Catalog of Works, (from the Modern Greek), Athens, Greece, 2006. (See a video of the artist's works here.)

Textual Editor of Tamata, Tokens of Worship, Benaki Museum exhibition catalog, Athens, Greece, 2006.

Translator of exhibition texts for Tamata, Tokens of Worship, (from the Modern Greek), Bazeos Tower, Naxos, Greece, 2006.

Publications in Process

ARTICLES

"Methods and Consequences of Dataset Augmentation for GANs with Complex Geometries for the Analysis and Production of Art," (co-author) with Gabriele Di Cerbo (forthcoming).

"The Tondo in Sandro Botticelli's Portrait of a Young Man,"(forthcoming).

"Jason Bourne of Kathmandu: Implications of the Heritage Auctions, Christie’s, and Collectrium Dispute on the Corporate Use of Art Catalogue Records with AI-Empowered Technologies," in AI and Dispute Resolution; DLT and Private International Law, MIT Computational Law Report, (forthcoming).

"Art and Visual Perception: Artistic Practice Linked to Improvements in Perceptual Reorganization," (second author) with Laura M. Herman (first author) and Alexander Todorov (third author) (forthcoming).

BOOKS

Byzantium not Forgotten, St. Spyridon and the Artistic Legacy of an Empire in the Early Modern World (working title) (forthcoming).

The Machine-Learned Image, the Ethics of AI through the Lens of Art History (working title) (forthcoming).

Above Photo: Cefalù, Sicily, Photo Credit: Emily L. Spratt