MapTap and Cornelia. Slow digital art history and Formal Art Historical Social Network Research

• Koenraad Brosens ^[1] ; Klara Alen ^[1] ; Astrid Slegten ^[1] ; Fred Truyen ^[1]
  1. [1] KU Leuven

     KU Leuven

     Arrondissement Leuven, Bélgica

     
• Localización: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, ISSN 0044-2992, Vol. 79, Nº. 3, 2016, págs. 315-330
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The essay introduces MapTap, a research project that zooms in on the ever-changing social networks underpinning Flemish tapestry (1620-1720). MapTap develops the young and still slightly amorphous field of Formal Art Historical Social Network Research (FAHSNR) and is fueled by Cornelia, a custom-made database. Cornelia's unique data model allows researchers to organize attribution and relational data from a wide array of sources in such a way that the complex multiplex and multimode networks emerging from the data can be transformed into partial unimode networks that enable proper FAHSNR. A case study revealing the key roles played by women in the tapestry landscape shows how this kind of slow digital art history can further our understanding of early modern creative communities and industries.