Towards automated classification of fine-art painting style: A comparative study

This paper presents a comparative study of different classification methodologies for the task of fine-art genre classification. 2-level comparative study is performed for this classification problem. 1st level reviews the performance of discriminative vs. generative models while 2
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level touches the features aspect of the paintings and compares semantic-level features vs low-level and intermediate level features present in the painting.