2001 CHArt conference

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Date: Thu Jul 19 2001 - 07:29:27 CDT

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    CHArt Seventeenth Annual Conference DIGITAL ART HISTORY A SUBJECT IN TRANSITION: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS 28-29 November 2001 British Academy

    Like all other subjects, Art History is undergoing a process of transformation through engagement with the digital revolution. This conference presents developments that have taken place in the study of art and in its preservation. There will also be demonstration of current projects and a forum discussion about the ways in which the new technology is offering new and more flexible ways of engaging with art and history, and the merits and demerits of the situation.

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    KEYNOTE ADDRESS

    Professor Eric Fernie, Director, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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    SESSION ONE: VISUALISING THE PAST

    USING DRAMATIC REPRESENTATIONS TO EXPLAINING HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS ON THE WEB Colin Beardon, University of Plymouth, UK

    USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO 'RESTORE' THE LATE MEDIEVAL COMPLEX OF CHARTRES CATHEDRAL Dawn Mary Hayes, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, USA

    A SHAPE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR WATERMARK IMAGES: THE CREATION OF A WEB-BASED ARCHIVE OF INFORMATION ON WATERMARKS, PAPER HISTORY AND PAPER CONSERVATION USING CONTENT-BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL John Eakins and colleagues, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK

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    SESSION TWO: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE DIGITAL AGE

    TOWARDS A YET NEWER LAOCOON Michael Hammel, University of Aarhus, Denmark

    FRAGMENTS AND FIGMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE: THE DOCUMENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART Harald Kraemer, University of Cologne, Germany

    DIGITAL ARTS ON(THE)LINE Suzette Worden and Dew Harrison, University of the West of England, UK

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    SESSION THREE: TEACHING

    VISUALIZING PARIS IN THE PAST: A TEACHING AID David Austin, University of Illinois, USA

    THE CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE Michael Greenhalgh, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    THE TATE MODERN AND CITY LITERARY INSTITUTE ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE ABOUT TATE MODERN Sylvia Lahav, Tate Modern, London, UK and Mac Campeanu, City Literary Institute, London, UK

    BREAKING BOUNDARIES - SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVITY, OR SOURCES AND ARCHIVES Britta Kalkreuter, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

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    SESSION FOUR: SOURCES, ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH

    DIGITAL CONSORTIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION. A CASE STUDY FROM NORTH AMERICA - THE OhioLINK DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER Jane Carlin, University of Cincinnati, USA

    PICTURA PAEDAGOGICA - A GERMAN PICTURE RESOURCE ONLINE Stefanie Kollmann, Bibliothek fur Bildungsgeschichtliche Forschung, des Deutschen Instituts fur Internationale Padagogische Forschung, Berlin, Germany

    15 MILLION WORDS WORTH OF DIGITAL IMAGE SOURCE MATERIALS Phillip Purdy, Visual Arts Data Service (VADS), UK

    THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN TRAVELS OF EXPLORER PROFESSOR DR. MORGENSTIERNE Wlodek Witek, Norwegian Library, Oslo, Norway

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    FORUM DISCUSSION - WHAT NEEDS DOING?

    An open session, chaired by Will Vaughan, in which people are invited to contribute to a discussion about issues raised during the conference and make suggestions about future developments.

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    DEMONSTRATIONS

    Projects demonstrated include:

    Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN) The Tate Gallery/City Literary Institute: Online Introduction to Tate Modern The National Maritime Museum: Online Database of Oil Paintings Birkbeck College: 18th C. Writings on Art, A Virtual Library Royal College of Art: Augmented Reality and Conservation The British Academy: The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

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    Conference Fees (pounds sterling) - includes mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks

    CHArt member 70 pounds (2 days)
                            40 pounds (1 day) Non-member 100 pounds (2 days)
                            60 pounds (1 day) CHArt Student member 40 pounds (2 days)
                            20 pounds (1 day) Student non-member 50 pounds (2 days)
                            25 pounds (1 day)

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    BOOKING

    The booking form is available online at www.chart.ac.uk/chart01-form.html. Bookings made after 1 November 2001 will be subject to a 20 pound surcharge for two day bookings and 10 pounds for one day bookings. Send the booking form to: Will Vaughan, Chair, School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD. Inquires to mailto:w.vaughan@bbk.ac.uk, Tel
    (+44)(0)207 631 6127, Fax (+44) (0) 207 631 6107.

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    Marlene E. Gordon
    Senior Associate Curator
    Visual Resources and Music Collections
    University of Michigan-Dearborn
    3045 CASL Building
    Dearborn, MI  48128-1491
    313-593-5463 (voice)
    313-593-1902 (fax)
    mailto:mgordon@umich.edu
    

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