Autonomously Communicating Conceptual Knowledge Through Visual Art.
Derrall Heath, D. P. Norton, Dan A. Ventura · 2013
In visual art, the communication of meaning or intent is an important part of eliciting an aesthetic experience in the viewer. Building on previous work, we present three ad-ditions to DARCI that enhances its ability to communicate concepts through the images it creates. The first addition is a model of semantic memory based on word associations for providing meaning to concepts. The second addition com-poses universal icons into a single image and renders the im-age to match an associated adjective. The third addition is a similarity metric that maintains recognizability while allow-ing for the introduction of artistic elements. We use an online survey to show that the system is successful at creating im-ages that communicate concepts to human viewers.