Discussions on Visual Art
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Is it possible to add a new artwork genre ("animal paintings") for describing paintings by animaliers, animal painters, bird artists, dog artists and equine artists? Getty's AAT differentiates between still lifes (that portray dead animals) and animal paintings: "The term [still lifes] originally included paintings in which the focus was on living animals at rest, although such depictions would now be called "animal paintings."
Thanks.
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Hi Chris,
Sorry for the delay. I've added Animal Painting as a new artwork genre. Let me know if there's anything else you see missing.
-- Faye
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Thanks, Faye.
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Hi.
Could Digital Art (http://www.freebase.com/view/en/digital_art) be added to the list of Visual Art Forms (http://www.freebase.com/view/visual_art/visual_art_form) ?
There are many works that just don't fit into the current categories.
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Can we add "Decorative art" to the enumeration visual art genre?
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We would like to add some decorative arts from http://www.louvre.fr/llv/activite/detail_parcours.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226922&CURRENT_LLV_PARCOURS%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226922&bmLocale=en to the louvre base.
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Done. I look forward to seeing a lot of decorative artworks in Freebase soon!
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I'm not sure if it is appropriate for this base, but I figure you guys would at least know how best to do this.
I've got at least one art organization/gallery that only shows their "juried" artists. I can show that they are a Member of the Organization via the existing types, but that doesn't really give the same meaning.
Any ideas on how to do this kind of association? (I'm not much of a modeler)
Also, FYI, I left a comment in the Exhibition area - I'd like to be able to list the exhibitions an artist has participated in. I figure this is something you guys might be interested in as well.
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I could imagine a Gallery type with a property for Artists Represented. (Somebody else can decide where "art" ends and "craft" begins".)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that a juried artist is an artist participating in a juried show, where participation/selection is conditional on some standard of quality, etc. Such participation is more likely to be linked to an event -- such as an exhibition or competition -- held by an organization, rather than the organization itself.
If a new type is created for a "juried art event", with properties to link to the jury and artists (using the existing /visual_art/visual_artist type), would that suffice?
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I am not very familiar with the art world, so I am only familiar with the galleries/organizations that I've tried to type. If you look at Frog Hollow in Vermont, they are a gallery and/or store that only sells their "juried" artists. I believe that's the term they use. And it is not for a specific exhibition, but rather in order for these artists to sell through this organization, they first must be juried. Then I believe they can sell whatever through them.
I've been saying that these artists are members of that organization, which may suffice.
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Ah, I see. In this case, I would second Jeff's suggestion for a "Gallery" type with a property for "Artists Represented". Not quite members of an organization, I think. Just like actors aren't really members of the agencies that represent them -- they're the agencies' clients.
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Fields such as Sculpture, Photography, Painting, Multimedia, etc. It's kinda formal but it's how Art History is usually taught in time-periods, movements and fields (until we reach Modern Art of 1910's and onwards where the trend is towards multimedia).
Examples would be:
Rodin (who would be Sculpture)
Man Ray (Photography)
Michaelangelo (Architecture, Painting, Sculpture)-
The media type (Sculpture, Photography, Painting, etc.) associated with the Visual Artist as you described is captured by the Visual Art Form type. Currently the schema has it set up as a property of Artwork instead of Artist, i.e. "Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas" by Bernini is of form Painting, whereas his "Apollo and Daphne" is of form Sculpture.
We could add Visual Art Form to the Artist type in addition to Visual Artwork. We thought art form would be more precisely modeled as a property of individual artworks, but your suggestion has advantages as well. Note, though, that most artists did not stick with one medium, and most would have more than three art forms you may not identify the artists with. Even Rodin did oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings in charcoal, and Man Ray did illustrations, drawings and paintings earlier in his career.
Let me try it on sandbox to see what the new schema would look like. -
Looks good to me. May also want to link back from Art Form to Artist, in the same way we're linking back to art works.
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I've promoted the schema change to production; you should see Art Form under Artist, and the reverse link as well.
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But what about those that paint on something other than canvas? I've got an artist who paints eggs.
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Hi evening,
Art form is what you do: painting, sculpture, photography, etc. It doesn't describe the material used.
Art media are what you use, and can be entered at the artwork level. Anything used in an artwork is an art medium. So far we have beeswax, caviar, even human hair entered. Egg as an art medium is just fine.
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Ah, it is at the artwork level. Thanks!
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Dear Art Enthusiasts,
If you create a view based off of data in the Visual Art domain, feel free to save a copy here. Yours may just be selected as a featured view occupying the enviable position at the top of the domain home page! I'd like to keep the home page fresh and interesting with new views, updated frequently. This week, check out user krsalis's gallery view of "Johannes Vermeer's Artworks".
Not sure how to create a view? Check out the help page on using the Filter View, which half way down, has a section on creating new views. Have fun!
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Hi, I've added a new type "Art Series" on sandbox for review. For details please see:
http://lists.freebase.com/pipermail/data-modeling/2008-July/000969.html
Thanks.
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This is live on production. Please enter data for Art Series!
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In the header of http://www.freebase.com/view/visual_art , the word visual has acquired an errant "r"...
I don't think I have editorial access to that, so figured I offer a "heads up" here.
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Hi, the newly created Art Subject Type has been published and is now available for use. I've added some seed data as examples:
http://www.freebase.com/view/filter/visual_art/art_subject
Enjoy!
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Hi, I've seen some confusion in discerning Art Form from Art Genre from Art Period/Movement as defined here (and in Wikipedia) in labeling artworks. So, to clarify:
ART FORM corresponds with the MEDIUM or FORM of EXPRESSION the artist chooses to employ. Examples of art forms: photography, painting, sculpture, print making.
ART GENRE pertains to the SUBJECT of the artwork. Examples of art genre: portrait, landscape, still life, abstract art.
ART PERIOD/MOVEMENT categorizes the SCHOOL or STYLE of the artwork. Often associated with a distinct period in history, and often end in "-ism". Examples of art period/movement: Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism.
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Faye, feel free to update the documentation around any of the types as well - you may want to make this point in the description of the visual art domain. Another modeling option you have is to use 'enumerated list' for some of these properties if you don't want users to add new values for a type.
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Good idea, Dan. I've modified Art Form and Art Genre to display as enumerated list under Artist and Artwork where present. I hope this would make data entry easier without testing users on type definitions. I remember modifying some documentation articles to clarify but will double check.
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