Human Generated Data

Title

[Chrysler Building and New York skyscrapers]

Date

late 1930s-1940s

People

Artist: Lyonel Feininger, American 1871 - 1956

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of T. Lux Feininger, BRLF.476.8

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Human Generated Data

Title

[Chrysler Building and New York skyscrapers]

People

Artist: Lyonel Feininger, American 1871 - 1956

Date

late 1930s-1940s

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of T. Lux Feininger, BRLF.476.8

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2019-11-19

City 97.4
Building 97.4
Town 97.4
Urban 97.4
Metropolis 97.4
High Rise 92
Road 91.7
Office Building 84.6
Nature 78.3
Architecture 77.1
Steeple 77.1
Spire 77.1
Tower 77.1
Pedestrian 76.3
Outdoors 70.8
Asphalt 65.8
Tarmac 65.8
Transportation 62.5
Vehicle 59.9
Street 59.5
Apartment Building 59.3
Intersection 57.9
Condo 57.4
Housing 57.4
Neighborhood 57
Path 56.6

Clarifai
created on 2019-11-19

business 98.1
no person 97.8
city 97.2
architecture 96
street 95.8
finance 94.9
people 94.5
travel 93.7
building 92.3
outdoors 92.2
one 90.1
monochrome 89.2
urban 88.9
wear 88
office 85.8
downtown 85.4
many 85.1
glass items 82.3
window 80.6
industry 80.5

Imagga
created on 2019-11-19

skyscraper 100
city 65.1
building 64.5
architecture 62
tower 44.8
urban 43.7
buildings 37.8
high 37.3
cityscape 36
office 35.4
downtown 33.7
tall 33
modern 32.3
sky 31.9
business 29.2
district 27.2
new 26.7
skyline 26.6
exterior 25.8
night 24
skyscrapers 22.5
construction 21.4
glass 21
structure 20.6
window 20.2
windows 19.2
rise 18.5
corporate 18.1
towers 17.6
landmark 17.2
center 17.1
financial 15.2
commercial 15
famous 14
town 13.9
bridge 13.7
cities 13.7
apartment 13.4
travel 13.4
steel 13.3
perspective 13.2
reflection 13
estate 12.4
outdoor 12.2
design 11.8
facade 11.8
concrete 11.5
finance 11
high rise 10.9
offices 10.8
property 10.6
block 10.5
street 10.1
outdoors 9.7
evening 9.3
metropolitan 9.3
place 9.3
tourist 9.1
futuristic 9
river 8.9
built structure 8.9
scene 8.7
residential 8.6
state 8.6
development 8.6
real 8.5
black 8.4
house 8.4
office building 7.9
building exterior 7.9
work 7.9
united states 7.8
architectural 7.7
dusk 7.6
mirror 7.6
technology 7.4
lights 7.4
wealth 7.2

Google
created on 2019-11-19

Microsoft
created on 2019-11-19

building 99.7
text 98.5
skyscraper 98
black and white 95.1
outdoor 91.6
street 88.3
sky 88.1
monochrome 81.5
window 73.8
tower 60.5
way 58.7
city 57
sidewalk 47.8

Color Analysis

Categories

Captions

Microsoft
created on 2019-11-19

a tall building in a city 90.8%
a black and white photo of a city 84.5%
a tall building 84.4%

Clarifai
created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-02

a photograph of a black and white photo of a city street -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-12

This is an inverted grayscale photo of a street view in New York City. The Chrysler Building is visible in the distance, towering over the other buildings. The buildings on either side of the street are tall and dense, creating a canyon-like effect. Signs for Tudor City Laundry Tailoring Furrier and a delicatessen are visible. There is also an old-fashioned lamppost on the side of the street. The overall impression is one of urban density and grandeur.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-12

Here's a description of the image:

The image is a black and white negative of a cityscape, likely taken in New York City. The composition is dominated by tall skyscrapers that frame a narrow street.

Here's a breakdown:

  • Buildings: The primary focus is on the towering skyscrapers. One prominent building on the right side of the frame has a distinctive art-deco style with a tiered, spire-like top, which is likely the Chrysler Building. The other buildings along the street are also tall and show the typical architecture of the era.
  • Street Level: At street level, there are signs advertising local businesses. These include "Tudor City Laundry," "Tailoring," and "Furrier." There's also a sign for "Richard's Hair" and "Murray Hill Delicatessen," along with street signs indicating the direction of E. 39 St.
  • Street Lamp: A vintage-style street lamp stands in the middle ground, further contributing to the period feel of the photograph.
  • Sky: The sky is a solid black, enhancing the dramatic contrast between the buildings and the negative.
  • Overall Impression: The image has a strong, vertical composition, capturing the grandeur of the city's architecture. The use of a negative gives it a unique, vintage aesthetic.

Text analysis

Amazon

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TUDOR CITy
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DELICATESSEN
HAIR E39ST
CITy
DELICATESSEN MURRAY
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Google

TUDOR
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SIDEWALK
TUDOR CITY LAUNDRY TAiLORinG PURRIGR Richca 39 ST HAIR MURRAY HILL THE LAW DELICATESSEN CLEAN YOUR SIDEWALK LE
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