Akira Nakano
December 11, 2025
One day, I uploaded an image of an artwork to ChatGPT and asked who the artist was. To my astonishment, it not only identified the artist and title but also offered a wealth of background information about the piece. That experience inspired me to explore a new idea: engaging ChatGPT in conversations centered on some of my favorite artworks.
I selected the works, carried out the dialogues, and recorded the entire process. The result is this book—a collection of thirty art discussions. How far can AI go in talking about “beauty”? I invite you to find out in the pages that follow.
【From the content introduction】
Episode2 Anonymous The Lion Man of the Hohlenstein–Stadel Cave
Episode3 Hans Holbein The Ambassadors
Episode4 Tadanori Yokoo Shimoda Illusion
Episode5 Andrea Mantegna Ceiling of the Camera degli Sposi
Episode6 Balthus The Mountain(also known as Summer)
Episode7 Piero della Francesca The Flagellation of Christ
Episode8 Parmigianino Madonna of the Long Neck
Episode9 Simone Martini The Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus
Episode10 Anonymous Kujaku Myōō
Episode11 Giorgio de Chirico The Return of Odysseus
Episode12 Giorgione Sleeping Venus
Episode13 El Greco’s The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
Episode14 Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring
Episode15 Caravaggio The Calling of Saint Matthew
Episode16 Anonymous Yunazu Folding Screens
Episode17 Anonymous (Limbourg Brothers and others) Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Episode18 Monsù Desiderio King Asa of Judah Destroying Idols
Episode19 Pieter Bruegel The Tower of Babel
Episode20 Iwasa Matabei Rakuchū Rakugaizu Folding Screens
Episode21 Vincent van Gogh Starry Night Over the Rhône
Episode22 Odilon Redon The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Episode23 James McNeill Whistler Variations in Flesh Color and Green: The Balcony
Episode24 René Magritte The Empire of Light
Episode25 Vilhelm Hammershøi Interior, Strandgade 30
Episode26 Lucas Cranach The Fountain of Youth
Episode27 Henri Rousseau The Dream
Episode28 James Tissot Holiday
Episode29 Albrecht Dürer Melencolia I