Computational Methods and Curious Looking: Integrating AI into Art History

Advances in computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning have informed new methodologies in the humanities for over a decade, but the uptake of AI models for visual analysis in art history has been piecemeal, and recent discourses have been dominated by computer scientists. This presentation explores some of the tensions, challenges, and possibilities that are emerging at this disciplinary nexus. Specifically, the presentation considers how to create and implement computational tools tha