Hacker News with Generative AI: Paintings

Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder's Twelve Proverbs (1558) (publicdomainreview.org)
Some of the earliest surviving works of the Flemish luminary Pieter Bruegel the Elder are not his detail-rich peasant scenes that furnish art history courses the world over, but painted serving plates, or roundels.
An Italian 'fruit detective' who investigates centuries-old paintings (smithsonianmag.com)
When Isabella Dalla Ragione assesses a Renaissance painting, she doesn’t immediately notice the brushstrokes or the magnificence of the imagery. The first thing she notices is the fruit.