Case 1 (ii)Text and Image in the Shahnameh

MDST 3559: DataestheticsProf. Alvarado03/24/2011

Business

• Midterms will be returned on Tuesday• Readings and blogging

Review

Manovich / Image Plots

http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/Dataesthetics_S11/?p=279

Overview

• Review concept of the Image Plot• Build a simple image plot using PHP, MySQL

and images from from the Garrett Collection

Cultural Analytics

• What is the connection between between medium and method?

• What motivated Manovich to use this method for studying art?

The interface is another data structure

Color, shape, and position are used to define dimensions of meaning

A principle of dataesthetics

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The Manuscripts

• Most produced in the 16th and 17th centuries• The “Peck” Shahnamah– Bequest of Clara S. Peck– Princeton Islamic MSS., Third Series, no. 310

• The Garrett Collection– Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897– Princeton Islamic MSS., nos. 56-59 Garrett

• The Ilkhan, Mongol, and Demotte manuscripts

Quick Note

• Persian manuscripts are read from left to right– i.e. books are read from “back” to “front’ from our

perspective• Therefore, recto and verso are opposite from

that of Western manuscripts

The Data

• Tables– shah_episode– shah_episode_group– shah_page– shah_episode_and_page

• Download from blog– 17.4 Source Tables

• Import into your database

Exercise

• Goal: Organize the images in a simple Image Grid

• Create a directory 03-24 and put code there• Move your db_connect file in there• Now what?

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