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Jennifer Trant - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • tagging folksonomy and Art Museums early experiments and ongoing research
    Journal of Digital Information, 2009
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Trant
    Abstract:

    Tagging has proven attractive to Art Museums as a means of enhancing the indexing of online collections. This paper examines the state of the Art in tagging within Museums and introduces the steve.museum research project, and its study of tagging behaviour and the relationship of the resulting folksonomy to professionally created museum documentation. A variety of research questions are proposed and methods for answering them discussed. Experiments implemented in the steve.museum research collaboration are discussed, preliminary results suggested, and further work described.

  • tagging folksonomy and Art Museums results of steve museum s research
    2009
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Trant
    Abstract:

    The research report from the Principal Investigator of the first IMLS funded steve.museum research project.

  • social classification and folksonomy in Art Museums early data from the steve museum tagger prototype
    Advances in Classification Research Online, 2006
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Trant
    Abstract:

    The collections of Art Museums have been assembled over hundreds of years and described, organized and classified according to traditions of Art historical research and discourse. Art Museums, in their role as curators and interpreters of the cultural record, have developed standards for the description of works of Art (such as the Categories for the Description of Works of Art, CDWA) that emphasize the physical nature of Art as Artefact, the authorial role of the creator, the temporal and cultural context of creation and ownership, and the scholarly significance of the work over time. Collections managers have recorded conservation, exhibition, loan and publication history, along with significant volumes of internal documentation of acquisition and storage, that support the custody and care of Artefacts of significant cultural value. But the systems of documentation and classification that support the professional discourse of Art history and the management of museum collections have failed to represent the interests, perspectives or passions of those who visit [use?] museum collections, both on-site and online. As Museums move to reflect the breadth of their audiences and the diversity of their perspectives, so must museum documentation change to reflect concerns other than the traditionally Art historical and museological. Social tagging offers a direct way for Museums to learn what museum-goers see in works of Art, what they judge as significant and where they find or make meaning. Within the steve collaboration(http://www.steve.museum), a group of Art Museums is collectively exploring the role of social tagging and studying the resulting folksonomy (Bearman and Trant, 2005; Chun, Cherry, Hiwiller, Trant, and Wyman, 2006; Trant and Wyman, 2006). Analysis of terms collected in the prototype steve tagger suggests that social tagging of Art museum objects can in fact augment museum documentation with unique access points not found in traditional cataloguing. Terms collected through social tagging tools are being compared to museum documentation, to establish the actual contributions made by naive users to the accessibility of Art museum collections and to see if social classification provides a way to bridge the semantic gap between Art historians and Art Museums’ publics.

  • exploring the potential for social tagging and folksonomy in Art Museums proof of concept
    The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 2006
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Trant
    Abstract:

    Documentation of Art museum collections has been traditionally written by and for Art historians. To make Art museum collections broadly accessible, and to enable Art Museums to engage their communities, means of access need to reflect the perspectives of other groups and communities. Social Tagging (the collective assignment of keywords to resources) and its resulting Folksonomy (the assemblage of concepts expressed in such a cooperatively developed system of classification) offer ways for Art Museums to engage with their communities and to understand what users of online museum collections see as important. Proof of Concept studies at The Metropolitan Museum of Art compared terms assigned by trained cataloguers and untrained cataloguers to existing museum documentation, and explored the potential for social tagging to improve access to museum collections. These preliminary studies, the results of which are reported here, have shown the potential of social tagging and folksonomy to open museum collection...

Giuseppe Bove - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • preferences for ancient and modern Art Museums visitor experiences and personality characteristics
    Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, 2009
    Co-Authors: Stefano Mastandrea, G Bartoli, Giuseppe Bove
    Abstract:

    This research has two main purposes. The first is to replicate and possibly to extend the results obtained in a previous study, where the authors found that visitors to the ancient Art museum conducted their visit with the primary aim of acquiring understanding and knowledge, while modern Art museum visitors conducted their visit with an approach that was primarily emotional and pleasure-seeking. The second purpose relates to studies showing that people who prefer abstract Art present higher levels on personality traits like “Openness to Experience” and “Sensation Seeking,” compared to people who prefer realistic Art. This study investigates these two personality traits for people who favor visiting Museums of ancient rather than modern Art. Results confirmed previous findings that emotional aspects related to the visit were relevant for modern Art museum visitors, while a more cognitive approach based on learning characterized ancient Art museum visitors. Concerning personality traits, no difference was found between the two museum groups on the “Openness to Experience” dimension; differences were found on the “Sensation Seeking” trait; modern Art museum visitors attained higher scores as compared to ancient Art museum visitors.

Stefano Mastandrea - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • visits to figurative Art Museums may lower blood pressure and stress
    Arts & Health, 2019
    Co-Authors: Stefano Mastandrea, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Giuseppe Carrus, Ilaria Giovannelli, Valentina Giuliani, Daniele Berardi
    Abstract:

    Background The research aimed to assess, through physiological measurements such as blood pressure and heArt rate, whether exposure to Art Museums and to different Art styles (figurative vs. modern...

  • preferences for ancient and modern Art Museums visitor experiences and personality characteristics
    Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, 2009
    Co-Authors: Stefano Mastandrea, G Bartoli, Giuseppe Bove
    Abstract:

    This research has two main purposes. The first is to replicate and possibly to extend the results obtained in a previous study, where the authors found that visitors to the ancient Art museum conducted their visit with the primary aim of acquiring understanding and knowledge, while modern Art museum visitors conducted their visit with an approach that was primarily emotional and pleasure-seeking. The second purpose relates to studies showing that people who prefer abstract Art present higher levels on personality traits like “Openness to Experience” and “Sensation Seeking,” compared to people who prefer realistic Art. This study investigates these two personality traits for people who favor visiting Museums of ancient rather than modern Art. Results confirmed previous findings that emotional aspects related to the visit were relevant for modern Art museum visitors, while a more cognitive approach based on learning characterized ancient Art museum visitors. Concerning personality traits, no difference was found between the two museum groups on the “Openness to Experience” dimension; differences were found on the “Sensation Seeking” trait; modern Art museum visitors attained higher scores as compared to ancient Art museum visitors.

Dan Kirby - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a technical analysis of three paintings attributed to jackson pollock
    Studies in Conservation, 2010
    Co-Authors: Narayan Khandekar, Carol Mancusiungaro, Harry Cooper, Christina Rosenberger, Katherine Eremin, Kate Smith, Jens Stenger, Dan Kirby
    Abstract:

    AbstractThree paintings from a group of thirty-two attributed to Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) were examined at the Harvard Art Museums. Paint samples were examined using Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX), laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (LDI-MS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (py-GCMS) and carbon-14 (C-14) dating. Carbon-14 dating detected no 'bomb' carbon from atmospheric atomic testing. All three paintings contained pigments and media available only after Pollock's death, including PR 254, PY151, and an emulsion copolymer of n-butyl methacrylate and iso-butyl methacrylate.

  • a technical analysis of three paintings attributed to jackson pollock
    Studies in Conservation, 2010
    Co-Authors: Narayan Khandekar, Carol Mancusiungaro, Harry Cooper, Christina Rosenberger, Katherine Eremin, Kate Smith, Jens Stenger, Dan Kirby
    Abstract:

    AbstractThree paintings from a group of thirty-two attributed to Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) were examined at the Harvard Art Museums. Paint samples were examined using Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX), laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (LDI-MS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (py-GCMS) and carbon-14 (C-14) dating. Carbon-14 dating detected no 'bomb' carbon from atmospheric atomic testing. All three paintings contained pigments and media available only after Pollock's death, including PR 254, PY151, and an emulsion copolymer of n-butyl methacrylate and iso-butyl methacrylate.

D Schnapper - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the love of Art european Art Museums and their public
    1997
    Co-Authors: Pierre Bourdieu, Alain Darbel, D Schnapper
    Abstract:

    Translatorsa Note. Preface. 1. Signs of the Times. 2. The Research Process. 3. The Social Conditions of Cultural Practice. 4. Cultural Works and Cultivated Disposition. 5. The Rules of Cultural Diffusion. 6. Conclusion. Appendices. 1. Timetable of Research. 2. The Questionnaires and the Sampling Method. 3. The Public of French Museums. 4. Verificatory Surveys. 5. Analysis of 250 Semi--directed Interviews. 6. The Public of European Museums. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index.

  • the love of Art european Art Museums and their public
    1997
    Co-Authors: Pierre Bourdieu, Alain Darbel, D Schnapper
    Abstract:

    Signs of the times the research process the social conditions of cultural practice cultural works and disposition the rules of cultural diffusion. Appendices: timetable of research the questionnaires and the sampling method the public of French Museums verificatory surveys analysis of 250 semi-directed interviews the public of European Museums.