Looking at Words through Images - Presentation at CASVA, National Gallery of Art, Washingotn DC

1. Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso and its Influence in the Age of the Printing Press Martyna Urbaniak CTL, Scuola Normale Superiore www.ctl.sns.it New Projects in Digital Art History Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts November 21, 2014

2. Investigating Furioso’s typographic packaging Origins Evolution Success Impact on the reception dynamics Looking at Words through Images Introduction 1/3

3. Orlando Furioso Third edition 1532 Following editions First version 1516 Looking at Words through Images Introduction 2/3

4. Angelica innamorata Vincenzo Brusantino Venezia, Marcolini 1553 Orlando Furioso Furioso’s illustrated editions Furioso’s sequels and spin-‐‑offs Medieval romance tradition Vernacular translations of ancient epic poems 16th-‐‑century epic production Looking at Words through Images Introduction 3/3 Orlando Furioso Ludovico Ariosto Venezia, Valgrisi 1556 Orlando innamorato Matteo M. Boiardo Venezia, Scoto 1545 Trasformationi Lodovico Dolce Venezia, Giolito 1553 Gerusalemme liberata Torquato Tasso Genova, Bartoli 1590

5. Objectives

6. Furioso’s printing format contributed to its acknowledgment as a literary model and was systematically adopted by the printing press Looking at Words through Images Objectives 1/2

7. Edition: Zoppino Edition: Giolito 1500 Orlando Furioso’s editions 1600 Edition: Valvassori 1536! 1553! Other Works’ editions Edition: Valgrisi Morgante, Luigi Pulci Edition: Scoto Looking at Words through Images Objectives 2/2 Edition: Varisco 1568! 1542! 1556! Edition: De Franceschi 1584! Trasformationi, Ludovico Dolce Edition: Giolito 1581! Tredici canti del Floridoro, Moderata Fonte Edition: Rampazetto 1590! Gerusalemme liberata, Torquato Tasso Edition: Bartoli 1604! Gerusalemme liberata, Torquato Tasso Edition: Pavoni 1617! Gerusalemme liberata, Torquato Tasso Edition: Pavoni 1545! Orlando Innamorato, Matteo Maria Boiardo Edition: Scoto

8. Challenge

9. Designing a digital archive Mark up texts Map images Connect images to other images, texts and paratexts Semantically describe their mutual influences Looking at Words through Images Challenge 1/1

10. Retrospective

11. CTL Research Center Founded in 2001 by Lina Bolzoni A spin-‐‑off of CRIBECU Center established by Paola Barocchi in 1970s Word-‐‑image relationships Trans-‐‑disciplinary approach Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images 2008 2010 Now Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 Retrospective CTL 1/2 Digital archives CTL’s Foundation 2001

12. Figurative and literary sources Research data and metadata Full text and cross search Present CTL'ʹs scientific acquisitions Enhance users’ further inquiries Retrospective CTL 2/2 CTL’s digital archives CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

13. Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images 2008 2010 Now Orlando Furioso 1.0 2001 2006

14. The first three 16th-‐‑century editions Niccolò d’Aristotile detto Zoppino Venezia, 1536 Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari Venezia, 1542 Giovanni Andrea Valvassori Venezia, 1553 endowed with the original figurative corpora Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 1/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

15. Metadata (Provenance, publisher...) Research interpretations (Scenes, actions, characters…) Text Illustration Allegories Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 2/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Metadata (Provenance, author…) Research interpretations (Episodes, meanings, characters…) Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

16. Illustrations divided into Scenes Scenes divided into Actions Illustration Scene Action Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 3/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

17. Technology XML/TEI markup language Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 4/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

18. Technology issues ?! Images could not be tagged ?! ?! ?! ?! ?! Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 5/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

19. Technology issues Linking portions of images was impossible ?! Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 6/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

20. Technology issues The XML files were overcharged with tags Retrospective Orlando Furioso 1.0 7/7 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

21. Retrospective Anton Francesco Doni 2008 CTL’s Foundation Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words Orlando Furioso 1.0 through Images 2008 2010 Now 2001 2006 Anton Francesco Doni

22. Anton Francesco Doni Multimedia Archive of Texts and Sources I marmi I mondi La moral filosofia La zucca Attavanta Retrospective Anton Francesco Doni 1/2 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

23. Image Mapper Tool Retrospective Anton Francesco Doni 2/2 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

24. Retrospective Orlando Furioso 2.0 2010 Now CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Looking at Words Orlando Furioso 1.0 Orlando Furioso 2.0 through Images 2001 2006 2008 2010

25. The Valgrisi edition was added to the archive Vincenzo Valgrisi Venezia, 1556 Niccolò d’Aristotile detto Zoppino Venezia, 1536 Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari Venezia, 1542 Giovanni Andrea Valvassori Venezia, 1553 Retrospective Orlando Furioso 2.0 1/3 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

26. Mapping images with Flexip Retrospective Orlando Furioso 2.0 2/3 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

27. Orlando Furioso 2.0 Frontend Retrospective Orlando Furioso 2.0 3/3 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

28. Today Looking at Words through Images 2012 CTL’s Foundation Orlando Furioso 1.0 Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 2001 2008 Looking at Words through Images 2006 2010 Now

29. Today Looking at Words through Images 1/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

30. Backend -‐‑ Reuse information Today Looking at Words through Images 2/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

31. Backend -‐‑ Scenes and Actions Today Looking at Words through Images 3/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

32. Backend -‐‑ Paratextual entities Today Looking at Words through Images 4/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

33. Backend -‐‑ Critical notes Today Looking at Words through Images 5/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

36. XML/TEI textual markup: the code is not overcharged anymore! Today Looking at Words through Images 8/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

38. Flexip -‐‑ Backend user interface Today Looking at Words through Images 10/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

40. -‐‑ Semantic annotation of the text Today Looking at Words through Images 12/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

46. Korbo -‐‑ Vocabularies Today Looking at Words through Images 18/19 CTL’s Foundation Anton Francesco Doni Orlando Furioso 2.0 Looking at Words through Images Orlando Furioso 1.0 2006 2001 2008 2010 Now

48. Last few words

49. Our work has changed Easier and faster data insertion Fewer errors More complexity and precision Not just frontend but structural and semantic representation of word-‐‑image relationships Looking at Words through Images Last few words 1/4

50. Users’ experience has changed Usability User friendliness Clarity and coherence Major accuracy of data More precise IR and cross search Looking at Words through Images Last few words 2/4

51. The future Looking at Words through Images Last few words 3/4

52. The future Our data can be used by third-‐‑party archives and applications Looking at Words through Images Last few words 4/4

53. Martyna Urbaniak Center for Data Processing of Text and Images in Literary Tradition (CTL) Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa www.ctl.sns.it Contact: martyna.urbaniak@sns.it Giulio Andreini IT Project Manager Net7, Pisa www.netseven.it Contact: andreini@netseven.it

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