What is Visualization in Digital Art History?

Tara Zepel

What is visualization indigital art history…?

HOW do we use it? And WHY?

What is visualization indigital art history…?

…digital tool

What is visualization indigital art history…?

What is visualization indigital art history…?

… tool ?… method ?… process ?… explore/learn ?… communicate ?… something else?

What is visualization indigital art history…?

… tool ?… method ?… process ?… explore/learn ?… communicate ?… something else?

ImagePlot

HyperCities

ImagePlothttp://lab.softwarestudies.com/p/imageplot.html

Rothko (1938-52)x = med. brightnessy = med. saturation

Time Coversx = yeary = med. saturation

photographs

Time Coversx = yeary = med. saturation

photographs

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HyperCitieshttp://hypercities.com/

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HyperCitieshttp://hypercities.com/

collection

Google mapannotations

collection

Google mapannotations

What is visualization in digital art history…?

framework for building, communicating, and

experiencing knowledge

What is visualization in digital art history…?

What should we aim for it to be?