Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius. “William Sethares, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW–Madison, and PhD student Elisa Ou are using a camera system and sophisticated algorithms to match the undated drawings and writings to others with established dates. And it’s not just da Vinci’s materials they’re analyzing; the two are also working on a project dating the works of Rembrandt. Further, they believe their system is applicable to any artwork or document on pre-industrial paper.”