Paintings require a special skill only a few have mastered. Paintings present a complex interplay of content and style. Photographs, on the other hand, are a combination of perspectives and light. When the two are combined, the results are spectacular and surprising. This process is called artistic style transfer. The following is an example of this, where the input image is of Neckarfront in Tübingen, Germany, and the style image is of the famous painting The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh. Interesting, isn't it? Take a look at the following images:
Left image: The original photograph depicting the Neckarfront in Tübingen, Germany. Right image: The painting (inset: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh) that provided the style for the respective generated image. Source: A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style, Gatys et al. (arXiv:1508.06576v2)
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