Introduction to digital art-historical resources 2015/2016

Department of History of Art and ArchitectureSchool of Histories and Humanities

Introduction to digital Art Historical resources

Karolina Badzmierowska


triarcThe Department’s Irish Art Research Centre

https://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/research/centres/triarc/http://www.librarything.com/catalog/TRIARC

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/TRIARC






History of Art & Architecture - The Stalley Collection (Digital Image Collection)Prof. Roger Stalley's archive of photographs of medieval art and architecture

Medieval History Research Centre - The Barry Archaeological Archive (Digital Image Collection)Digital Images relating to the archaeology of medieval Ireland and Europe

TRIARC - Crookshank-Glin Collection (Digital Image Collection)Images of Irish art c.1600-c1940 donated by Prof. Anne Crookshank and Dr Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin

TRIARC - Edwin Rae Collection (Digital Image Collection)Images of Irish architecture and sculpture c.1300-1600 and related materials donated by Prof. Edwin Rae

TRIARC - Modern and Contemporary Irish Art Collection (Digital Image Collection)Images of Irish art c. 1940 ? present

History of Art (Scholarly Publications)

History of Art Teaching Collection (Digital Image Collection)

Irish Gothic Architecture (Digital Image Collection)

TARA (Trinity’s Access to Research Archive)http://www.tara.tcd.ie/

http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/8679












http://www.tara.tcd.ie/


https://www.tcd.ie/Library/





http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/





Wikipedia is not a reliable resource.


Example:Wikipedia entry for “Vincent van Gogh”


8672 revisions since 2001 by 2735 editors


Images: source, licensing / copyright information and quality vary!


Google as digital Art Historical resource?


Google Advanced Searchhttp://www.google.com/advanced_search

http://www.google.com/advanced_search





Google Imageshttp://images.google.ie/

http://images.google.ie/







Visually similar images

The same image but different sizes and sources




Google Bookshttp://books.google.ie/

http://books.google.ie/




Google Bookshttp://books.google.ie/



Google Scholarhttp://scholar.google.com/

http://scholar.google.com/




Google Scholarhttp://scholar.google.com/



Google Mapshttps://www.google.ie/maps/

https://www.google.ie/maps/




Street viewFlorencePiazza del Duomo

Panoramic view(photo sphere)FlorenceSanta Maria Novella


Google Maps: Earth View


Google Earthhttps://www.google.com/earth/

https://www.google.com/earth/




Google Art Projecthttps://www.google.com/culturalinstitute

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute





Google Art Projecthttps://www.google.com/culturalinstitute



Collections Exhibitions Research Learning Library Archive Publications

Museum Websites – what to look for?


British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The National Gallery (UK) http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/

MOMA http://www.moma.org/

TATE http://www.tate.org.uk/

National Gallery of Art (US) http://www.nga.gov/

The Rijksmuseum https://www.rijksmuseum.nl

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://www.moma.org/



http://www.tate.org.uk/

http://www.tate.org.uk/

http://www.nga.gov/

http://www.nga.gov/

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/


JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/

Academic JournalsPrimary sources, Books

Login

Login via an institution

Trinity College Dublin

http://www.jstor.org/





ARTSTOR http://library.artstor.org/Digital Images Library

http://library.artstor.org/




PROJECT GUTENBERG http://www.gutenberg.org/Ebooks

http://www.gutenberg.org/

http://www.gutenberg.org/


QUESTIONS?


BREAK


Primary sources

VitruviusThe Ten Books on Architecture

Jacobus de VoragineGolden Legend

Giorgio VasariLives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects


Vitruvius The Ten Books on ArchitectureRoman architect and engineer | 1st century BC

3 principles of good architectureFirmitas / solidUtilitas / useful Venustas / beautiful

Human body as a source of architectural

proportion

Leonardo da Vinci | Vitruvian Man | 1492 Pen, ink, watercolour and metalpoint on paper

343 x 245 mm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


Jacobus de Voragine Golden LegendItalian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa | 13th century

A collection of factual and fictional stories from the saints' lives• The most widely read book, after the

Bible, during the late Middle Ages• The most important source and “a guide’

to saints’ attributes and iconography

Artist Unknown | St. Patrick (Detail) | Late 13th c.

Jacobus de Voragine Golden LegendIlluminated manuscript

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California


Giorgio Vasari Lives of the ArtistsItalian painter, architect and writer | 16th century

A compendium of biographies of the artists from the late Middle Ages to Vasari’s time• one of the principal resources for study

of the art and artists of the Italian Renaissance

• the first art history book

Title page of Giorgio Vasari’s ‘The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects,

Painters and Sculptors’1st Edition, Florence, 1550

Library, National Gallery of Art, Washington


EXERCISE 1

Using online resources listed in the presentation, find one copy of each of the three books and save it to your IPAH Digital Notebook:

VitruviusThe Ten Books on Architecture

Jacobus de VoragineGolden Legend

Giorgio VasariLives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects


EXERCISE 1

Give feedback by email (a form will be sent by email in Week 1)

Was it easy / difficult?

If you found a few digital editions of the same book what made you to decide which one is the best to keep?

Any other comments?


EXERCISE 2

Visit and explore the following online resources. Think about them as art historical resource and give a feedback on each by email (a form will be sent by email in Week 1)

List the following (with examples):

3-5 characteristics of a reliable online resource 3-5 characteristics of not a reliable resource


EXERCISE 2

Online resources:

Ancient Egypt Onlinehttp://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/

Skenographia Project http://www.skenographia.cch.kcl.ac.uk/ Digital Karnak http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/ The Corpus of Medieval Narrative Art http://www.medievalart.org.uk/

The Bayeux Tapestry Digital Edition http://www.sd-editions.com/bayeux/ Gothic Past http://www.gothicpast.com/

http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/

http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/

http://www.skenographia.cch.kcl.ac.uk/

http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/

http://www.medievalart.org.uk/

http://www.sd-editions.com/bayeux/

http://www.gothicpast.com/


EXERCISE 2



What resource would you rate on the top and why?

Any other comments?


EXERCISE 1



If you found a few digital editions of the same book what made you to decide which one is the best to keep?

Any other comments?


EXERCISE 3 (OPTIONAL)

Using the resources from the presentation, search for information about Folio 32v, Book of Kells: ‘Christ enthroned’ and find:

• 2 articles• 2 books• the best reproduction• 3 different looking reproductions • 1 map


EXERCISE 3 (OPTIONAL)



Which resource did you find the most challenging to use?

Any other comments?


CONCLUSIONS

Your priorities: reading list, recommended online resources and consultations with the librarian

Information (digital) literacy: finding, assessing, evaluating, using and referencing information

Be critical about online resources.


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Department of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin

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Karolina Badzmierowska

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Introduction to digital art-historical resources 2015/2016