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Introduction to digital art-historical resources 2014/2015
The document outlines various digital art historical resources available through the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College Dublin. It emphasizes the importance of critically assessing online resources, highlighting institutional libraries, Google tools, and notable museum websites as valuable for research. Exercises for students include exploring these resources, assessing their reliability, and completing specific tasks related to historical texts and artworks.
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- 1. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Introduction to digital Art Historical resources Karolina Badzmierowska
- 2. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities triarc The Department’s Irish Art Research Centre http://www.librarything.com/catalog/TRIARC
- 3. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities TARA Trinity’s Access to Research Archive http://www.tara.tcd.ie/
- 4. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Trinity College Library https://www.tcd.ie/Library/ Digital Collections http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/
- 5. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Wikipedia is not a reliable resource.
- 6. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Example: Wikipedia entry for “Vincent van Gogh”
- 7. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities 8456 revisions since 2001 by 2698 editors
- 8. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Images: source, licensing / copyright information and quality vary!
- 9. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google as digital Art Historical resource?
- 10. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Advanced Search http://www.google.com/advanced_search
- 11. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Images http://images.google.ie/
- 12. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Images http://images.google.ie/
- 13. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Images http://images.google.ie/ Visually similar images The same image but different sizes and sources
- 14. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities
- 15. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Books http://books.google.ie/
- 16. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Books http://books.google.ie/
- 17. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
- 18. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
- 19. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Maps https://www.google.ie/maps/
- 20. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Street view Florence Piazza del Duomo Panoramic view Florence Santa Maria Novella
- 21. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Maps: Earth View
- 22. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Earth https://www.google.com/earth/
- 23. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Art Project https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute
- 24. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Google Art Project https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute
- 25. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Collections Exhibitions Research Learning Library Archive Publications Museum Websites – what to look for?
- 26. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities 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
- 27. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/ Academic Journals Primary sources, Books Login Login via an institution Trinity College Dublin
- 28. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities
- 29. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities ARTSTOR http://library.artstor.org/ Digital Images Library
- 30. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities PROJECT GUTENBERG http://www.gutenberg.org/ Ebooks
- 31. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities QUESTIONS?
- 32. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities BREAK
- 33. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Primary sources Vitruvius The Ten Books on Architecture Jacobus de Voragine Golden Legend Giorgio Vasari Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects
- 34. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Vitruvius The Ten Books on Architecture Roman architect and engineer | 1st century BC 3 principles of good architecture Firmitas / solid Utilitas / 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
- 35. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Jacobus de Voragine Golden Legend Italian 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 Legend Illuminated manuscript The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
- 36. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities Giorgio Vasari Lives of the Artists Italian 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
- 37. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 1 Using the online resources listed in the presentation, please find one copy of each of the three books and save it on your desktop as a file or as a bookmark in your Internet browser: Vitruvius The Ten Books on Architecture Jacobus de Voragine Golden Legend Giorgio Vasari Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects
- 38. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 1 Feedback 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?
- 39. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 2 Visit and explore the following online resources and discuss in pairs (groups) your thoughts on each as art historical resource. In pairs (groups) come up with the following (with examples): 3-5 characteristics of a reliable online resource 3-5 characteristics of not a reliable resource
- 40. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 2 Online resources: Ancient Egypt Online http://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/
- 41. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 2 Feedback Was it easy / difficult? What resource would you rate on the top and why? Any other comments?
- 42. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 3 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
- 43. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities EXERCISE 3 Feedback Was it easy / difficult? Which resource did you find the most challenging to use? Any other comments?
- 44. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities DISCUSSION
- 45. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities 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.
- 46. Department of Historyof Art and Architecture School of Histories and Humanities badzmiek@tcd.ie http://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/ Department of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin @TCDArtHist Karolina Badzmierowska
Editor's Notes
- #2 Introduction to digital Art Historical resources Karolina Badzmierowska
- #3 TCD Resources – TRIARC The Irish Art Research Centre was established in 2003. It is located in the Provost's House Stables to provide facilities for education and research, including the visual archive and a collection of texts on aspects of Irish art. Online catalogue.
- #4 TCD Resources – TARA. Digital Image Collections.
- #5 TCD Resources – Library and Digital Collections.
- #6 Why Wikipedia is not a reliable resource? Wikipedia can’t be used as a source: Wikipedia’s General Disclaimer states: “Wikipedia makes no guarantee of validity.” It can be useful for finding other, more reputable sources for a topic by using the References, Further Reading, and External Links at the end of the articles.
- #7 Example: Wikipedia entry for “Vincent van Gogh” By clicking on the ‘View History” we can view the list of all the edits on this entry as well as many interesting statistics. For example: Revision History Statistics.
- #8 8456 revisions since 2001 by 2698 editors. No formal peer review. Anyone with Internet access can edit an entry at any time.
- #9 When you click on an image you can view previously uploaded versions - source, licensing / copyright information and quality vary!
- #10 Google is a very efficient search tool. It allows to search for words, phrases, articles, websites and so on.
- #11 By using the Advanced Search option we can significantly narrow our search. Search for PDFs for example will give you not websites to visit, but PDF documents on the web. Most of the scholarly articles are published online in PDF format, so there are higher chances to find reliable sources this way.
- #12 Google Images is a powerful search tool. It allows to search online for images by typing in keywords and selecting a variety of search tools provided by Google, i.e. size of the file, colour, date, etc. Example: Frans Hals Portrait of a man holding a skull c. 1611 Barber Institute of Fine Arts Birmingham
- #13 You can also search for images using a drag & drop option.
- #14 The page with results will give you a number of options. You can search further for the same images but in different size and on different websites or you can search for visually similar images. The latter can be hit and miss, but it definitely gives interesting results! Google analyzes the image, creating a mathematical model based on shapes, lines, proportions, colors and other elements. It then matches the model against images already in Google’s index (http://insidesearch.blogspot.ie/2011/06/search-by-text-voice-or-image.html).
- #15 The search results: the same image but different sizes and sources on the top and visually similar images on the bottom.
- #16 Google Books offers similar search options so you can search for the books by typing in keywords, title, author as well as adding more narrow criteria in the search tools, i.e. date, country, available preview, etc. Example: Vasari “Lives of the artists”
- #17 The search results will give you different editions. When you click on the one you want to view you will be given additional information about the book, a preview in different ways (if available) along with many other options: add to your Google Books Library (you must be logged into Google / Chrome), search through text, buy, etc.
- #18 Google Scholar is a simple search engine for scholarly literature, i.e. articles, theses, books, abstracts. It has a few helpful tools like My library, My Citations and Alerts. For example you can set up an alert for your topic and when a new resource comes up in the Google index, you will be notified by email.
- #19 Similarly to the other Google search tools, you can narrow down your search using different criteria on the menu. The results also give you information about the format of the resource, i.e. book, PDF, etc.
- #20 Google Maps has even more interesting options to explore. The best way is to try the options yourselves. I will just show you what kind of information you can get by searching for ‘Florence’ and applying different search tools.
- #21 Street view allows you to virtually explore the cities. Each street view will give you additional images, panoramic views, videos, virtual tours, etc.
- #22 If you click Earth View you will see the satellite images of the map.
- #23 Google Earth, which is an application that you can run on your desktop. It takes the Google Maps Earth View to the next level with it’s 3D Buildings layer.
- #24 Google Art Project is a collaboration between the Google Cultural Institute and cultural institutions across the world. Over 40 countries have contributed more than 40,000 high-resolution images of works ranging from oil on canvas to sculpture and furniture. One of the features is virtual tour.
- #25 Some paintings are available in ‘gigapixel’ format, allowing you to zoom in at brushstroke level to examine incredible detail. You can compare images and build your own collections.
- #26 Museums’ websites today provide a huge amount of information and resources. What to look for?
- #27 Examples of some of the best museum websites to visit.
- #28 JSTOR is your number one online resource for articles published in academic journals. You can access JSTOR by login using your Trinity credentials (both on and off campus).
- #29 Advanced search is highly recommended to narrow down your search. Example: Search for a term “gothic architecture” gives back 22052 results! These items are books, articles, book reviews, citations, etc. You can read the articles online or download (save as) PDF. JSTOR also gives you options to copy, email, export, track and save citations.
- #30 The Artstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 1.8 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. In Artstor you can create your image collections, collaborate with others, add notes and comments to images, etc.
- #31 Project Gutenberg is different to Google Books – it is word-based, not scan based. That means every single publication in the Project Gutenberg is much easier to search. I searched for Vasari work again and I was given a number of different formats – HTML to read online, versions with or without images.
- #34 Before the exercise, I would like to introduce you to three of the most important texts in art history: Vitruvius The Ten Books on Architecture Jacobus de Voragine Golden Legend Giorgio Vasari Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects
- #35 The only architectural treatise to survive from antiquity Rediscovered in the 15th century Profoundly influenced Renaissance architecture, especially the architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, and Palladio 3 principles of good architecture Firmitas / solid Utilitas / useful Venustas / beautiful Human body as a source of architectural proportion
- #36 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
- #37 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
- #38 Exercise. Find these books online (in pairs or groups of 3 if not everyone has a laptop). All students will have handouts with the links to the resources mentioned during the presentation.
- #40 I will introduce a number of digital art history projects and ask the students to discuss them in pairs/groups in the context of what they have learned today. I will ask to list 3-5 characteristics of reliable and not reliable online resource based on the examples. The goal is a basic but critical review of a resource and discussion.
- #41 Online resources: Ancient Egypt Online http://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/
- #42 EXERCISE 2 Feedback Was it easy / difficult? What resource would you rate on the top and why? Any other comments?
- #43 I will ask students in pairs (groups of 3) to do a search of one art work: folio 32v from the Book of Kells and use the resources introduced in the presentation. EXERCISE 3 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
- #44 EXERCISE 3 Feedback Was it easy / difficult? Which resource did you find the most challenging to use? Any other comments?
- #45 Discussion
- #46 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.