2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What role does the field digital humanities
play when applied to art?
Follow up: Is the transition from a
traditional artistic approach to a digital one
justified?
Headlines:
3. MY CHOICE IN A
NON-LITERATURE
APPROACH
Humanities field is all-
encompassing
Try something we haven’t
discussed in class
Interests lie in digital
imaging and computer
graphics
4. TOOL USED: PLOT.LY
Data visualization tool
Social network environment
Offers a variety of different ways to plot
datasets
Chose because it offered both 2 & 3-
dimensional plotting methods
Bonus: Got to look at and edit from other
projects
5. OBVIOUS BENEFITS
OF 3D SCANNING
Artifacts and architecture are
threatened by tourism and
overuse
3D scanning provides the
ability to record data that
could be destroyed
Allows us to study the
“digital ghosts” of artifacts
and cultural sites
6. BACK TO LIFE Digitally mapping archeological dig sites
Reassembling destroyed items through
digital reconstruction
Piecing together scanned parts to form the
whole
7. APPLYING DIGITAL
TOOLS TO 2D ART
Preserving old 2D art
through digital art galleries
Visualizing and breaking
down patterns in art
Left: Paintings by Van Gogh
(top) and Owen Jones
(bottom)
Right: Plots provided by
Plot.ly users
8. APPLYING ARTISTIC
METHODS TO DATA
Approaching datasets from
an artistic point of view
Turning number and tables
into art forms
9. CONCLUSION
People are eager to apply technology to every field
Benefits of applying digital tools to 3D art exceed 2D art
Archeology has a strong need for digital tools to preserve degrading
artifacts
Less of a need for technology to be applied to 2D art
Ability to apply a (2D) artistic approach to data
