Artclass V2 ❲HIGH-QUALITY❳

Fine-grained visual classification (FGVC) of artwork is challenging due to high intra-class variance, subtle inter-class differences, and domain-specific attributes (e.g., brushwork, palette, era). We introduce , a new benchmark dataset consisting of 120,000 labeled artwork images spanning 150 artist styles, 12 historical periods, and 8 medium types (oil, watercolor, etc.). Unlike its predecessor, ArtClass v2 provides multi-label annotations (style + period + subject matter) and is designed to handle real-world art collection scenarios with class imbalance and partial labels. We evaluate 10 state-of-the-art FGVC architectures (e.g., DenseNet, Vision Transformers, MLP-Mixers) and show that even top models achieve only 68.3% top-1 accuracy, leaving significant room for improvement. ArtClass v2 is publicly available to spur research in computational art history and digital humanities.

Art Class has undergone several major iterations, with "v2" marking a significant point in its development when it transitioned toward a more structured web framework.

Models like StyleGAN2 and StyleGAN3 achieved photorealism and impressive style mixing. However, GANs struggle with diverse datasets and complex compositions. ArtClass v2 moves away from the adversarial game, minimizing the "black hole" artifacts and mode collapse often seen when training on diverse art styles.

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However, v1 was limited by a rigid disentanglement of content and style, often resulting in "pastiche" images that lacked the internal logic of a unified art piece. addresses these limitations by shifting from a classification-first approach to a synthesis-first architecture . Our primary contributions are:

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ArtClass v2: A Unified Framework for Generative Artistic Synthesis and Style Transfer via Latent Diffusion Models We evaluate 10 state-of-the-art FGVC architectures (e

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| Feature | ArtClass v1 | ArtClass v2 | |-----------------------------|-------------|-------------| | # images | 30,000 | 120,000 | | # artist/style classes | 50 | 150 | | Multi-label? | No | Yes | | Non-Western art included? | <5% | 28% | | Hard test set? | No | Yes | 000 | 120

A blind study with 200 participants (mix of artists and laypeople) asked subjects to choose which image best represented a given prompt.

All models perform worse on the hard test set (pairwise similar artists), indicating that ArtClass v2 presents a genuine fine-grained challenge.