This is a problem I encountered in Google's face matching application of art and culture.

According to a new application of Google and culture, I look like Eleanor Roosevelt. Jacques callot and James McNeil Whistler painted a boy in the fierce competition, but whether he wears glasses or not, the * * * shot many times in different light, whether he smiles or not, tries to cover up the messy background of my office, which always reminds me of Eleanor.

The truth is, I prefer being Jacques to being the first lady, because I think the light can shine on my face better. In addition, the artist Douglas Chandor puts Eleanor in a maddening soft focus, which is a typical way for male social portrait painters to depict female images.

Like everyone who saw the portrait, I immediately took my "luggage" to the exchange. I don't want to be painted because of my gender, but I don't mind looking younger than me.

After a short survival crisis, Google's question is "Is your portrait in the museum?" ? "It is possible to bring people closer to great works of art. After all, I am connected with great people who sit in museums all over the world and create for artists.

But is it really that effective? A quick review of social media confirms that Twitterverse is influencing their art history. Alas, the idea of Twitter hive is still quite superficial. The actor Kumail Nangani(@kumailn) matched a rather gentle portrait of Mohammed Al-Mazrouie, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and he happily reported: "Hey, this painting is not bad." At the same time, @ "I can't even tell you how many photos I took with Google Art, trying to get something without terrible insults."

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-kumail nanjani (@ kumailn) 201865438+1October 13, scrolling in the feed, I am disappointed that users have not sought more information about cooperative self. This may be the failure of an application. It could have cooperated with the museum to provide more information about their works of art. When I clicked on Eleanor's image, I learned that it was so cool! But I don't know who Eleanor is. When I tried to learn more about jacques callot, the app didn't even provide the date. Or link to further exploration.

This is not entirely an application error. Usually, portraits hanging in galleries of major museums around the world lack iconic descriptions of the characters in the works; The only description provided is the description of the creative role. Google Apps exacerbated this negligence. I may be comparable to Eleanor and Jacques, but who are they? Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, needs no introduction. She is the longest-serving first lady in history. She devoted her life to fighting for human rights and civil rights, and sometimes even openly disagreed with her husband. As an energetic and respected female leader, she once had a famous saying: "Women are like tea bags. You don't know how strong she is unless you put her in hot water.

Jacques carlot, also a printer and cartographer from Herzog von Lothringen, now lives in France at the turn of the 7th century. Although he came from a wealthy privileged family, he still realized the hardships of gypsies, beggars, soldiers and ordinary people, and recorded their lives with 1400 prints. Most famously, he created a series of prints called "gladys Dragli Hotel", depicting the abuses suffered by people during the war, including robbery, torture and lynching. 1633, carlot's works were called the first "anti-war manifesto" in the history of European art, which was later found to be.

The lives of these two people are nearly 250 years apart, and their concerns are the same: fighting for the injustice of the poor, highlighting the plight of refugees and supporting the rule of law. It seems that they are both admirable people. Therefore, in a strange way, the results of the association made me feel less narcissistic, and I am even more grateful to be reminded that some people in history became leaders not because of their looks, but because of their actions.