CHArt
CHArt
Computers and the History of Art
DIGITAL ART HISTORY.
A SUBJECT IN TRANSITIONThis book looks at the transformation that Art and Art History is undergoing through engagement with the digital revolution. Since its initiation in 1985, CHArt has set out to promote interaction between the rapidly developing new Information Technology and the study and practice of Art. It has become increasingly clear in recent years that this interaction has led, not just to the provision of new tools for the carrying out of existing practices, but to the evolution of unprecedented activities and modes of thought.
This collection of papers represents the variety, innovation and richness of significant presentations made at the CHArt Conferences of 2001 and 2002. Some show new methods of teaching being employed, making clear in particular the huge advantages that IT can provide for engaging students in learning and interactive discussion. Others look at the impact on collections and archives, showing exciting ways of using computers to make available information about collections and archives and to provide new accessibility to archives. Another challenging aspect covered by the book are the possibilities offered by digital media for new art forms. One point that emerges is that digital art is not some discreet practice, separated from other art forms. It is rather an approach that can involve all manner of association with both other art practices and with other forms of presentation and enquiry, demonstrating that we are witnessing a revolution that affects all our activities and not one that simply leads to the establishment of a new discipline to set alongside others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
vii Contributors
1 Introduction by William Vaughan
TEACHING AND COMMUNICATION
3 History of Art in the Digital Age: Problems and Possibilities
by William Vaughan
15 Animating Art History: Digital Ways of Studying Colour in Abstract Art
by Mary PearceVISUALISING THE PAST
35 The Cathedral as a Virtual Encyclopaedia: Reconstructing the ‘Texts’ of Chartres Cathedral
by Stephen Clancy
45 With Camera to India, Iran and Afghanistan: Access to Multimedia Sources of the Explorer Professor Dr. Morgenstierne (1892-1975)
by Wlodek WitekONLINE ART
57 Towards a Yet Newer Laocoon. Or, What We Can Learn from Interacting with Computer Games
by Michael Hammel
65 Digital Arts On (the) Line
by Dew Harrison and Suzette WordenMETHODS AND PRACTICES
77 Bringing Pictorial Space to Life: Computer Techniques for the Analysis of Paintings
by Antonio Criminisi, Martin Kemp and Andrew Zisserman
101 Enhancing a Historical Digital Art Collection: Evaluation of Content-Based Image Retrieval on Collage by Annette A. Ward, Margaret E. Graham, K. Jonathan Riley and Nic SheenISBN 1841501166
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