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THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SILHOUETTES:
WHAT SQUIGGLY LINES TEACH US ABOUT FACE RECOGNITION, FINE ART,
AND ASTRONOMY
by
Raphael Philip Rosen
_______________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM)
December 2011
Copyright 2011 Raphael Philip Rosen
Object Description
| Title | The science and art of silhouettes: what squiggly lines teach us about face recognition, fine art, and astronomy |
| Author | Rosen, Raphael Philip |
| Author email | raphaepr@usc.edu;raphael.rosen@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-11-03 |
| Date submitted | 2011-11-03 |
| Date approved | 2011-11-03 |
| Restricted until | 2011-11-03 |
| Date published | 2011-11-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cole, K. C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Suro, Roberto Mel, Bartlett W. |
| Abstract | Silhouettes have mesmerized people for centuries, appearing in 18th-century art as well as contemporary advertisements for mp3 players and basketball shoes. Silhouettes have also become a cultural force, appearing on Disneyland's Main Street and the fine art created by Kara Walker. But until recently, no one has figured out how the brain can identify a human face in a bare line. Recent studies at Stanford University, the University of California Los Angeles, and Vanderbilt University, however, have begun to unlock the mystery of silhouettes and face recognition. |
| Keyword | silhouettes; face recognition; black holes; Disneyland; Kara Walker; patterns; neuroscience; psychology; Edouart; Davidenko; fusiform face area; prosopagnosia; Oliver Sacks; Chuck Close; Viskontas; Isabel Gauthier; Event Horizon Telescope; |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Rosen, Raphael Philip |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-RosenRapha-391.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SILHOUETTES: WHAT SQUIGGLY LINES TEACH US ABOUT FACE RECOGNITION, FINE ART, AND ASTRONOMY by Raphael Philip Rosen _______________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM) December 2011 Copyright 2011 Raphael Philip Rosen |
