It can:
[1] Visualise where specific works of art (and all works by an artist or style) are on a map
[2] Capture relationships between artists & people
[3] Break a person's life down into events & plot them in time & space. E.g., you can see a slideshow of Da Vinci's life, where he lived & what he did.
[4] Suggest similar artworks based on rich attributes
I've built a prototype & hosted it on Amazon. It's more like a detailed sketch than a painting & I see the next steps as being [1] refining the product design [2] producing a slick UI/UX to realise the product design [3] cleaning up the code-base (e.g., proper error handling, smarter caching, etc) & [4] adding a lot more data into the system!
I call it 'Codex' (named after da Vinci's notebooks) but am open to less nerdy names. :-)
If anyone's interesting in collaborating (particularly with the product design & graphic design) I would love to hear from you. I should point out that I've been unemployed the last four months so I have no money. I'm just doing it out of love for art & art history.
You could also use it for music, literature, & regular history. No reason why not!
If you'd like to be involved in some way, I would love to hear from you.
http://ec2-52-11-150-189.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/
Many thanks, Iian
iian.d.neill@gmail.com