The document discusses the materiality of digital objects and artifacts in art historical research. It argues that digital representations of physical materials require new methodologies to contribute to art history scholarship. Specifically, the 'materiality' of digital artifacts needs to be studied through scholarly and artistic analysis using digital images and tools for comparison. Effective research methods are needed to understand how digital materials can be used in art historical study.
1. Digital Material, NUI Galway, 22 May 2015
Digital
Materiality
&
Art Historical
Research
KAROLINA BADZMIEROWSKA
2. Material (PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE)
a physical substance that things can be made from
Material (INFORMATION)
Information or ideas for use in creating a book or other work
Material (CLOTH)
cloth that can be used to make things such as clothes
Materials (EQUIPMENT)
equipment that you need for a particular activity
Material (PHYSICAL)
Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit
Material (IMPORTANT)
formal important or having an important effect
Material (PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE)
a physical substance that things can be made from
Material (INFORMATION)
Information or ideas for use in creating a book or other work
Material (CLOTH)
cloth that can be used to make things such as clothes
Materials (EQUIPMENT)
equipment that you need for a particular activity
Material (PHYSICAL)
Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit
Material (IMPORTANT)
formal important or having an important effect
material /məˈtɪərɪəl/
noun
adjective
material /məˈtɪərɪəl/
noun
adjective
3. Material (PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE)
a physical substance that things can be made from
Material (INFORMATION)
Information or ideas for use in creating a book or other work
Material (CLOTH)
cloth that can be used to make things such as clothes
Materials (EQUIPMENT)
equipment that you need for a particular activity
Material (PHYSICAL)
Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit
Material (IMPORTANT)
formal important or having an important effect
digital representations intangible material
use of digital images new methodologies
digital material needs contribution to art history scholarship
scholarly and artistic
‘materiality’ of digital / artefacts
ive research methods
material /məˈtɪərɪəl/
digital intangible representations physical material
use of digital images new methodologies
digital material needs contribution to art history scholarship
scholarly and artistic
‘materiality’ of digital / artefacts
ive research
13. Swarzenski, Hanns, Vorgotische Miniaturen.
Die ersten Jahrhunderte Deutscher Malerei.
Königstein, Langewiesche, 1927
Illuminated page from Gengenbach/Baden
Evangelistery
Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart
ca. 1150 AD
25. Maurice Jarnoux
André Malraux amid
photo reproductions for
his book "Le Musée
Imaginaire”
ca. 1947
Barcelona Museum of
Contemporary Art
26. Dennis Adams, “Malraux’s Shoes” (2012)
Video still.
Single-channel video, 42 minutes. Written and performed by Dennis Adams. Directed by Dennis Adams
and Paul Colin.
27. Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP)
1968
Designed by Lina Bo Bardi
41. Images scaled and layered in Photoshop
with an adjusted opacity of the second layer (0-100%)
42. Two images (1, 2) compared and analyzed using Resemble.js
http://huddle.github.io/Resemble.js/
The generated image (3) highlights the differences between the images (7.18 %)
1 2 3
Visitor viewing Picasso’s Guernica at the Reina Sofia, via The New York Times - See more at: http://artobserved.com/2009/03/picassos-guernica-to-be-exhibited-at-whitechapel-gallery-reopening-london-april-5th-2009/#sthash.ySRVAJI4.dpuf
Claude Monet (1840-1926) in front of his paintings 'The Waterlilies', in his studio at Giverny, 1920 by Henri Manuel (1874-1947) / Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris / Bridgeman Images