Collana | Disclosing Collections
Catalogo | Indexing the Early Modern Printed Image
Capitolo | 1 • Indexing and Sharing the Early Modern Printed Page
Abstract
This chapter presents the corpus of images collected and analysed during the Biblissima project, giving an overview of iconographic databases and their role in Digital Iconography. It then focuses on the categories and methodology of the Warburg Institute iconographic database, which hosts the collection of images. Finally, it discusses the role of early modern matrices as material tools and key narrators of the artistic process of printing illustrations, considering the latest digital developments for the study of this material.
Presentato: 22 Luglio 2024 | Accettato: 27 Agosto 2024 | Pubblicato 28 Novembre 2024 | Lingua: en
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