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      Looking at Wilson’s Paintings of the Antarctic

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      Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2024 (EVA 2024)
      Conference theme: Since 1990, the EVA London Conference has established itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and interdisciplinary conferences in the field of digital visualisation. The papers and abstracts in this volume cover areas such as the arts, culture, heritage, museums, music, performance, visual art, and visualisation, as well as related interdisciplinary areas, in combination with technology. The latest research and work by early career researchers, established scholars, practitioners, research students, and visual artists, can be found in this volume, published in full colour.
      Conference date: 8–12 July 2024
      Keywords: Antarctic expedition, Painting, Acetylene illumination, Hyperspectral scanner, Chromatic adaptation
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            Abstract

            Dr Edward A. Wilson was a member of the ‘Discovery’ expedition to the Antarctic in 1901–04 and the ‘Terra Nova’ expedition 1910–13, both of which were led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. He made a visual record of what he saw, by sketching in daylight and painting in watercolour at night in the winter base hut illuminated by the light of acetylene gas lamps. The paintings have survived, but when viewed under daylight now they may look quite different from what Wilson saw. We have measured the spectrum of the gas lighting and digitised the paintings with a hyperspectral image scanner to investigate the effects of chromatic adaptation.

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            Lindsay W. MacDonald
            Elizabeth I. Watkins
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            Publication date: July 2024
            Publication date (Print): July 2024
            Pages: 146-153
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            [0001]University College London, UK
            [0002]University of Leeds, UK
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            DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.26
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            Copyright © © MacDonald et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2024, UK
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            Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2024
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            Conference location: London
            Conference date: 8–12 July 2024
            Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Conference theme: Since 1990, the EVA London Conference has established itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and interdisciplinary conferences in the field of digital visualisation. The papers and abstracts in this volume cover areas such as the arts, culture, heritage, museums, music, performance, visual art, and visualisation, as well as related interdisciplinary areas, in combination with technology. The latest research and work by early career researchers, established scholars, practitioners, research students, and visual artists, can be found in this volume, published in full colour.
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            ScienceOpen disciplines: Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Keywords: Hyperspectral scanner,Acetylene illumination,Chromatic adaptation,Painting,Antarctic expedition

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