93/ Categorization and metadata of 20,000 artworks: an on-going challenge
There’s a lot speak in regards to the primary description of artworks, referred to as descriptive metadata (‘information about information’) (1). Concurrently, the brand new know-how of laptop imaginative and prescient permits for sample recognition and content-analysis of digital photos of artworks. Nonetheless, a significant laptop imaginative and prescient method requires an artwork historic perspective and topic evaluation of the artworks (2). Step one is the categorization on the nominal stage in a basic information evaluation of artworks in line with model, style, theme, and so on.
This put up refers back to the Digital Thematic Analysis Assortment of ‘The Iconography of Venus from the Center Ages to Trendy Instances’ the place all artworks with their metadata are categorized into 18 principal matters with a technique equal in all six ‘topical’ catalogues printed since 2007 (3). The gathering is a priceless asset for the event of a ‘deep studying’ approach (4).
Presently, the topical catalogue Vol 2.1 ‘The French Venus’, with 2,997 artworks of 997 recognized French artists printed in 2009, is being revised: model 2.1.1 contains now 3,800 artworks of 1,231 artists and is printed at the moment as a draft at academia.edu with open discussion throughout 20 days.
The compilation on this model is finalized for 409 artists with surname within the alphabetical listing [A,B]. They signify already 33% of the present listing of artists. Subsequent variations will prolong and proper the compilation accordingly.
NOTES
1. Dahlgren L et al (eds): ‘The Politics of Metadata’Digital Tradition and Society, n°1 (2021).
2. Mercuriali G: ‘Digital Art History and theComputational Imagination’. DAH-Journal #3: 140 – 151 (2019)
* Quantity 1.2 The Italian Venusrevisited (2018): 6,985 artworks of 1,876 artists. See additionally put up April 29, 2018 ‘The Italian Venus revisited’
* Quantity 2.1 The French Venus (2009): 2,997 artworks of 997 artists (presently revised: version 2.1.1)
* Quantity 3.1 The Venus of the Low International locations(2010): 2,636 artworks of 728 artists.
* Quantity 4.1 The German, Swiss and Central-European Venus (2012): 3,198 artworks of 1,506 artists. See additionally put up October 1, 2012 ‘A thematic compilation of 3200 German, Swiss and Central-Europeanartworks’
* Quantity 5.1 The British and Irish Venus (2013): 2,113 artworks of 912 artists. See additionally put up February 12, 2014 ‘The British and Irish Venus’
* Quantity 6.1 The Venus of the Jap, Southern and Northern European Areas (2014): 1,371 artworks of 629 artists. See additionally put up March 27, 2014 ‘The Venus of theEastern, Southern and Northern European Regions’
and Internet Archive.
See additionally put up of June 12, 2011 ‘Whatare Topical Catalogues ?’
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Aubry M et al.:
‘Tracking Venus through the Ages.Deep Learning and the Study of Long-Term Iconological Circulations’ Visible Semantics – Visible World Networks, Circulations and Patterns. Worldwide Convention Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris 13-14 June 2019.
