Dataset Title
An Image Dataset for Studying Time of Day Perception in Paintings

Author and Affiliation
Cehao Yu, Perceptual Intelligence Laboratory, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Description
This dataset is a collection of images and accompanying metadata used for studying the perception of time of day in paintings. It includes a variety of paintings categorized into different groups based on the time of day they depict. The dataset supports research in the fields of art history, psychology, and computer vision.

File Format
Excel and ZIP files
Content Overview
(A-1) List_of_paintings_for_Group 1.xlsx: Metadata for paintings in Group 1.
(A-2) List_of_paintings_for_Group 2.xlsx: Metadata for paintings in Group 2.
(B-1) Images of paintings for Group 1.zip: Images of paintings in Group 1.
(B-2) Images of paintings for Group 2.zip: Images of paintings in Group 2.
README.txt: Overview and instructions for dataset usage.

Variables/Parameters in Excel Files
(A-1) List_of_paintings_for_Group 1.xlsx
Artist Name
Title
Painting
Primary Content
Secondary Content
Human Figures
Location
Date Made
Born
Died
Depicted Time of Day
Medium and Support

(A-2) List_of_paintings_for_Group 2.xlsx
Artist Name
Title
Painting
Location
Date Made
Born
Died
Depicted Time of Day
Medium and Support

Usage Notes
This dataset is intended for academic research purposes.
Please cite the dataset as follows: Yu, C. (2023). An image dataset for studying time of day perception in paintings. 4TU. ResearchData, https://doi.org/10.4121/22154798.

Funding
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017) “DyViTo: Dynamics in Vision and Touch,” project number 765121.
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, VIDI project “Visual communication of material properties,” project number 276.54.001.

Contact Information
Cehao Yu, C.Yu-2@tudelft.nl

References
Yu, C., Van Zuijlen, M. J. P., Spoiala, C., Pont, S. C., Wijntjes, M. W. A., & Hurlbert, A. (2023). Time-of-day perception in paintings. Journal of Vision, 0(0):08633, 1–27, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.0.0.08633.
Yu, C., Van Zuijlen, M. J., Spoiala, C., Pont, S. C., Wijntjes, M., & Hurlbert, A. (2023, August 24). Time of day perception in paintings. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7xyrn.