Published June 30, 2023 | Version v1
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A Model of Heaven: Tracing Images of Holiness in a Collection of 63.000 Lantern Slides (1880-1940)

  • 1. University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1. University of Graz
  • 2. Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities
  • 3. Le Mans Université
  • 4. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum

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This paper explores representations of holiness in a collection of 63.000 lantern slides. Using the multimodal model CLIP, it sheds light on the transition between the real and the imaginary, the holy and the profane. It demonstrates how CLIP can help scholars deal with complex visual concepts such as holiness.

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Book: 10.5281/zenodo.7961822 (DOI)