scholarly journals The rediscovery of an Adoration of the Shepherds by Jacques Jordaens: a multidisciplinary approach combining dendroarchaeology and art history

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Edvardsson ◽  
Andrea Seim ◽  
Justin Davies ◽  
Joost Vander Auwera
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Oak Trees ◽  
Dendrochronological Analysis ◽  
Religious Paintings ◽  
Production Period ◽  
Panel Paintings

AbstractThe implementation of multidisciplinary research approaches is an essential prerequisite to obtain comprehensive insights into the life and works of the old masters and their timeline in the production of the arts. In this study, traditional art history, cultural heritage, and natural science methods were combined to shed light on an Adoration of the Shepherds painting by Jacques Jordaens (1593–1678), which until now had been considered as a copy. From dendrochronological analysis of the wooden support, it was concluded that the planks in the panel painting were made from Baltic oak trees felled after 1608. An independent dating based on the panel maker’s mark, and the guild’s quality control marks suggests a production period of the panel between 1617 and 1627. Furthermore, the size of the panel corresponds to the dimension known as salvator, which was commonly used for religious paintings during the period 1615 to 1621. Finally, the interpretation of the stylistic elements of the painting suggests that it was made by Jordaens between 1616 and 1618. To conclude, from the synthesis of: (i) dendrochronological analysis, (ii) panel makers’ punch mark and Antwerp Guild brand marks, (iii) re-examination of secondary sources, and (iv) stylistic comparisons to other Jordaens paintings, we suggest that the examined Adoration of the Shepherds should be considered as an original by Jordaens and likely painted in the period 1617–1618. The study is a striking example of the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary approach to investigate panel paintings.

Ranking Artists: An Internet-Era Analysis

Leonardo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Alan B. Oppenheimer
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Art World ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Ranked List

To provide guidance to the vastly expanded, uncurated art world made available through the Internet, the author developed a methodology for objectively and repeatably rating artists. He then applied that methodology to Western painters in particular, creating a ranked list of the significance of nearly 10,000 of those painters. Analyzing the process, he observed that the Internet not only greatly broadens access to art but also provides the tools needed to curate that access in a meaningful, scientific manner. The analysis also exposes questions about both the methods used and more traditional art history sources, which can be explored through alternative methods.

scholarly journals Turismo na Serenissima entre ficção e realidade: de Morte em Veneza, de Luchino Visconti, à pós-pandemia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Claudia Maria Astorino
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Geographic Setting ◽  
Luchino Visconti

RESUMO: Ao longo de sua história, Veneza vem atraindo um número considerável de turistas. Incrustrados em tão singular cenário geográfico, seus canais, gôndolas, pontes, campi, tesouros arquitetônicos e artísticos constituem um legado singular e, consequentemente, uma oferta turística inigualável, que tem seduzido o imaginário de turistas potencias das mais distintas procedências. O presente estudo objetivou analisar como a atividade turística em Veneza tem evoluído e de que modo vem sendo ilustrada nas artes, sobretudo, no cinema, na música e nas artes visuais. Nesse sentido, formou-se um corpus de estudo composto por filmes e videoclipes italianos e estrangeiros, além de obras de artes visuais, com a finalidade de confrontá-los com as etapas do turismo no percurso do tempo. Trata-se, portanto, de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo e comparativo. A metodologia constou de pesquisa bibliográfica em fontes secundárias, de forma a traçar a evolução do turismo em Veneza, seguida pela composição do referido corpus de estudo, análise das obras selecionadas para este corpus e, por fim, comparação entre ficção e realidade.Palavras-chave: Veneza. Turismo. Ficção x realidade. Filmes e videoclipes. Artes visuais. ABSTRACT: Nel corso della sua storia, Venezia ha atratto un numero considerevole di turisti. Incastonati in uno scenario unico, i suoi canalli, gondole, ponti, campi, tesori architettonici e artistici costituiscono un patrimonio singolare e di consegenza un’offerta turistica impareggiabile che da sempre ha popolato l’immaginario di potenziali turisti delle più svariate origini. Il presente studio si è proposto ad analizzare come si è evoluta l’attività turistica a Venezia e come à stata illustrata nel campo delle arti, in particolare nel cinema, nella musica e nelle arti visive. Si è dunque formato un corpus di studio, composto da film e da videoclip italiani e stranieri, oltre ad opere di arti visive, per confrontarli con le tappe dello svilupo del turismo nel tempo. Si tratta quindi di uno atudio qualitativo, descrittivo e comparativo. La metodologia è costituita da una ricerca bibliografica su fonti secondarie, al fine di tracciare l’evoluzione del turismo a Venezia, seguita dalla composizione di un corpus di studio, dall’analisi delle opere selezionate per questo corpus ed infine dal confronto tra finzione e realtà.Parole-chiave: Venezia. Turismo. Finzione x realtà. Film e videoclipe. Arti visive. ABSTRACT: Throughout its history, Venice has attracted a considerable number of tourists. Embedded in such a singular geographic setting, its canals, gondolas, campi, architectural and artistic treasures constitute a unique legacy and, consequently, an unparalleled tourist offer that has seduced the imagination of potential tourists from the most diverse origins. The present study aimed to analyze how the tourist activity in Venice has evolved and how it has been illustrated in the arts, especially in cinema, music and visual arts. In this sense, a corpus was formed, composed of Italian and foreign films and video clips, in addition to visual arts works, in order to confront them with the stages of tourism in the course of time. It is, therefore, a qualitative, descriptive and comparative study. The methodology consisted of bibliographic research in secondary sources, in order to trace the evolution of tourism in Venice, followed by the composition of a study corpus, analysis of the works selected for this corpus and, finally, comparison between fiction and reality.Keywords: Venice. Tourism. Fiction x reality. Films and video clips. Visual arts.

An Iskandarnāma of Nizami Produced for Ibrahim Sultan

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lâle Uluç
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Visual Data ◽  
Military Leader ◽  
Basic Task ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Way

This paper introduces a copy of the Iskandarnāma of Nizami dated 1435 and dedicated to the Timurid prince Ibrahim Sultan, grandson of the eponymous founder of the Timurid dynasty. It discusses the various features of the manuscript together with comparable examples from the same period, and also focuses on Abu al-Fath Ibrahim Sultan ibn Shah Rukh and his role as both a military leader and a patron of the arts during his tenure as the governor of the provinces of Fars, Kirman, and Luristan (1414–35). Utilizing the visual data together with the historical context of the period, this essay interprets one of the illustrations of the Iskandarnāma, hoping to fulfill what David Summers called “the most basic task of art history,” which he says “is to explain why works of art look the way they look.” The addition of this Iskandarnāma manuscript to the surviving corpus of works that can be connected to Ibrahim Sultan will provide a further insight into the important patronage of this Timurid prince.

Nature Related Computerkunst

2012 ◽  
pp. 138-147
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Art Exhibitions ◽  
Natural Scientist ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art Works ◽  
Representations Of Nature ◽  
Conventional Manner ◽  
Contemporary Development

It has been generally accepted in art history that nature ranks as master and ideal of the arts. Everybody knows examples of nature-related artworks created over centuries and decades in a conventional manner. Most of the contemporary readers witnessed the invention of the computer as a tool used in natural sciences, and later, in the arts as well. As a natural scientist and curator of art exhibitions, the author of this chapter was continually involved in this contemporary development which raised a fundamental question: Would the computer as a tool be a means to generate new representations of nature related art? This would demand results that ought to be different from conventional works of art as to the conceptional creation processes as well as the output. Some theoretical backgrounds and categorizing of such creations are discussed in this chapter and then illustrated by several examples from artists participating in a series of ´Computerkunst/Computer Art’ exhibitions during the quarter of the last centuries (1986-2010). Though it might be too soon to judge computational art works concerning their importance in Art History, a closer investigation in the creational processes and social contexts seems helpful and worthwhile.

Documenting Media Art: An Archive and Bridging Thesaurus for MediaArtHistories

Leonardo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 435-441
Author(s):  
Oliver Grau ◽  
Sebastian Haller ◽  
Janina Hoth ◽  
Viola Rühse ◽  
Devon Schiller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Digital Art ◽  
Media Art ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
International Media ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Art Community ◽  
Art Research

While Media Art has evolved into a critical field at the intersection of art, science and technology, a significant loss threatens this art form due to rapid technological obsolescence and static documentation strategies. Addressing these challenges, the Interactive Archive and Meta-Thesaurus for Media Art Research was developed to advance an Archive of Digital Art. Through an innovative strategy of “collaborative archiving,” social Web 2.0 features foster the engagement of the international media art community and a “bridging thesaurus” linking the extended documentation of the Archive with other databases of “traditional” art history facilitates interdisciplinary and transhistorical comparative analyses.

Inside the discipline, outside the paradigm: keeping track of the New Art History

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Korenic
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Art History ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

From the point of view of a student of art history in the 1980s re-entering the discipline as a graduate student, the ‘new’ art history represents a dramatically wider field of enquiry involving new methodologies, although ‘old’ art history is still pursued by some academics. The ‘new’ art history employs an interdisciplinary approach which embraces materials far beyond ‘traditional’ art historical sources, and so information has to be sought outside the art library and via the Internet. Librarians responsible for supporting art history studies need to keep in touch with teachers, with curriculum developments, and with the discipline itself; it may also be helpful to get involved in staff/student use of the Web, and to collaborate with other Humanities librarians. The way in which the ‘new’ art history branches out in all directions parallels the hypertext linkages of the Web and the complexity of our globally-connected world.

Material Culture

Buddhism ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kieschnick
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Art History ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Material Culture Studies ◽  
Textual Representations ◽  
The Subject

The study of material culture belongs to a relatively young discipline that examines artifacts as well as ideas about, and practices related to, artifacts, with artifacts defined as material objects created or modified by people. Aspects of research in material culture overlap with art history, archaeology, and anthropology, but studies in material culture approach the subject from a different perspective, focusing on areas not necessarily emphasized in these disciplines. Unlike traditional art history, material culture studies concentrate on the function of objects, devoting little attention to their aesthetic qualities, with more emphasis, for instance, on miracles associated with icons than on the style or iconography of icons; unlike traditional archaeology, material culture studies do not necessarily focus on extant artifacts, giving as much attention to references to objects in texts as to extant objects; and, unlike traditional anthropology, material culture studies often give great emphasis to historical development, often over vast expanses of time. While the field of material culture studies has flourished for decades, religious studies have been slow to recognize the importance of material things. Many areas of religion in which material culture plays a prominent role remain largely unexplored, including the place of objects in ritual, religious emotion, pilgrimage, and doctrine. Readers interested in the material culture of Buddhism will want to consult entries for Buddhist art, archaeology, and anthropology as well; in the entries below, the focus is on areas of material culture not necessarily emphasized in these disciplines as well as on studies within these disciplines that are especially relevant to the study of material culture. The term visual culture overlaps with much of what is considered material culture, but excludes objects associated with other senses, such as taste, smell, and touch, which are covered by the term material culture. The material culture approach is particularly well suited for exploring the qualities of particular classes of objects. What is it about relics as body parts that accounts for their appeal? Why are miracles so often associated with physical representations of holy figures and how do these differ from textual representations? How do clothing and food differ from language as a medium of communication? To highlight this aspect of research in Buddhist material culture, the scholarship listed below is divided according to type of object. At the same time, material culture studies also offer an opportunity to examine attitudes toward the material world as applied to a wide variety of objects normally separated by discipline. The doctrine of merit inspired the creation of a wide variety of different types of objects, and the monastic ideal of renunciation permeates many different areas of Buddhist material culture.

The DACS Slide Collection Licensing Scheme

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Art History ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Art Galleries ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
Visual Material ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The Uk

For many years slide libraries in higher education institutions in the UK grew steadily in size as they accommodated the needs of new and expanding art and design courses. Although some slide librarians acquired new slides by photographing works of art in museums and art galleries, and most bought slides of the traditional art history canon from commercial publishers and art galleries, the largest proportion of these ever growing slide collections was made up of slides produced by copy photography, using slide film to photograph images taken from books, journals and exhibition catalogues. Changes in UK copyright law in 1988 made this illegal and jeopardised the ability of lecturers to present the visual material they needed for their courses. Slide librarians were forced to consider ways of getting around the law. A licence scheme ultimately emerged as the answer, but one that has its detractors and critics.

(Re-)Creating Order: Narrativity and Implied World Views in Pictures

Tekstualia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (43) ◽  
pp. 57-78
Author(s):  
Michael Ranta
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Psychology ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Art History ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
World Views ◽  
Philosophical Debate ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Narrative Structures ◽  
High Level

The philosophical debate on the nature of narrative has been mainly concerned with literary narratives, whereas forms of non-literary and especially pictorial narrativity have been rather neglected. Within traditional art history, however, the narrative potential of the visual arts has usually been taken for granted, though rarely by attempting to elucidate any deeper cognitive, semiotic, and philosophical aspects involved. Now, generally speaking, narratives contribute to the human endeavour to reduce the unpredictability of worldly changes, and human existence in particular, attempting to establish order in our experiences of transitoriness and existential vulnerability. The paper discusses some possible criteria of narrativity with regard to their applicability to pictorial objects. It demonstrates thatpictorial works may express or imply high- -level narrative structures or, put in another way, wider world views or schemata, and that our comprehension of and need for these schemata can be explained by taking recent research within cognitive psychology, schema theory, and narratology into account.

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