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Human Generated Data

Title

Housing Development, Karlsruhe-Dammerstock, 1928-1929

Date

c. 1928-1929

People

Artist: Unidentified Artist,

Artist: Walter Gropius, German 1883 - 1969

Classification

Archival Material

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius, BRGA.28.95

Human Generated Data

Title

Housing Development, Karlsruhe-Dammerstock, 1928-1929

People

Artist: Unidentified Artist,

Artist: Walter Gropius, German 1883 - 1969

Date

c. 1928-1929

Classification

Archival Material

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius, BRGA.28.95

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2019-05-31

Handrail 100
Banister 100
Window 96.6
Architecture 90.8
Building 90.8
Railing 84.1
Office Building 83.8
Skylight 77.6
Wall 67.3
Home Decor 56.6

Clarifai
created on 2019-05-31

no person 97.8
people 95.3
architecture 94.8
step 94.3
business 93.9
building 92.5
street 92
travel 91.3
technology 90.8
monochrome 90.7
window 87.1
art 86.6
outdoors 86.5
city 86.3
movie 83.4
indoors 83.2
one 83.1
text 82.9
retro 82.9
music 82.5

Imagga
created on 2019-05-31

step 70.8
support 62.2
architecture 54.8
device 53.2
building 46
city 43.2
skyscraper 41.5
structure 37.5
urban 32.3
balcony 32.3
buildings 28.4
modern 23.8
glass 22.6
high 22.5
sky 22.3
windows 22.1
tower 21.5
office 20.3
new 17.8
window 17.5
barrier 16.9
business 16.4
construction 16.3
steel 15.9
exterior 15.7
downtown 15.4
tread 15.3
cityscape 15.1
tall 15.1
district 14.5
metal 14.5
corporate 13.7
structural member 13.6
travel 13.4
perspective 13.2
reflection 13
obstruction 12.8
facade 12.6
landmark 12.6
design 12.4
wall 12
air conditioner 11.8
skyscrapers 11.7
stairs 11
center 10.4
bank 9.9
staircase 9.8
financial 9.8
old 9.8
technology 9.7
mirror 9.5
cooling system 9.4
light 9.4
iron 9.3
town 9.3
house 9.2
futuristic 9
cities 8.8
angle 8.7
tourism 8.2
outdoors 8.2
harmonica 8.1
mechanism 8.1
interior 8
corporation 7.7
street 7.4
detail 7.2
black 7.2
work 7.1

Google
created on 2019-05-31

Microsoft
created on 2019-05-31

design 63.6
old 42.9

Color Analysis

Categories

Captions

Microsoft
created by unknown on 2019-05-31

an old photo of a building 74.4%
a black and white photo of a building 68.4%
a close up of an old building 68.3%

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

a photograph of a black and white photo of a building with a clock tower -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-15

Here's a description of the image:

Overall Impression: The image is a high-angle, black and white photograph of a modern architectural structure. It emphasizes the geometry and angles of the building.

Key Features:

  • Geometric Composition: The photograph is dominated by sharp angles and intersecting planes. The building's design emphasizes clean lines, flat surfaces, and the use of rectangular shapes.
  • Balconies and Overhangs: The structure incorporates balconies, visible with dark railings, and long horizontal overhangs that create shadows and visual depth.
  • Windows and Grid Patterns: The design incorporates windows. Also, the photo highlights sections with a grid pattern of small, square window panes.
  • Material and Texture: The image's monochromatic style suggests a focus on the materials (likely concrete or stucco), and the play of light and shadow.

Style and Context:

  • The overall style is consistent with the principles of modern architecture, emphasizing form, functionality, and minimalism.
  • The photograph's aesthetic suggests a date in the early to mid 20th century, possibly the 1930s.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-15

The black-and-white photograph presents a low-angle, upward view of a building with a modern architectural design, likely from the early to mid-20th century. The structure exhibits strong geometric shapes and a stark contrast between light and dark areas.

The building's design incorporates flat, horizontal planes or roofs that seem to stack on top of each other. A distinctive feature of the architecture is the use of a grid-like pattern or perforations on some of the roof sections. These areas appear to be constructed to allow natural light to filter through.

A balcony with a simple metal railing is visible, adding a human-scale element to the otherwise abstract composition. The walls of the building are light-colored, possibly white or a very pale tone, which creates a striking contrast with the dark, solid planes of the roofs.

The overall aesthetic is clean, functional, and characteristic of the modernist movement, which emphasized simplicity and a rejection of ornamentation. The photograph likely aims to highlight the building's unique form and the interplay of light and shadow created by its design.