Focusing on the intersection of nineteenth-century illustrations and digital technology, the book explores challenges in making these artworks accessible online, including searchability and the complexities of crowdsourced tagging. It critically examines various online resources, providing a conceptual model to enhance understanding of historical illustrations in a digital context, emphasizing the importance of visual culture in contemporary scholarship.
Il diciannovesimo secolo digitale Serie
Questa serie approfondisce l'affascinante intersezione tra il diciannovesimo secolo e le discipline umanistiche digitali. Ogni volume offre esplorazioni concise ma approfondite di metodologie, risultati e approcci teorici che plasmano la nostra comprensione di questa era storica nell'era digitale. Le pubblicazioni non solo analizzano i progetti digitali esistenti, ma proiettano anche le future direzioni per la ricerca. Serve come risorsa preziosa per chiunque sia interessato alla confluenza tra storia e tecnologia.


Ordine di lettura consigliato
Nineteenth-Century Illustration and the Digital
- 136pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
This book brings the study of nineteenth-century illustrations into the digital age. The key issues discussed include the difficulties of making illustrations visible online, the mechanisms for searching the content of illustrations, and the politics of crowdsourced image tagging. Analyzing a range of online resources, the book offers a conceptual and critical model for engaging with and understanding nineteenth-century illustration through its interplay with the digital. In its exploration of the intersections between historic illustrations and the digital, the book is of interest to those working in illustration studies, digital humanities, word and image, nineteenth-century studies, and visual culture.