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Digital images and art historians – Compare and contrast revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Margaret E. Graham  and
Christopher Bailey
Margaret E. Graham*
Affiliation:
School of Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Christopher Bailey*
Affiliation:
School of Arts & Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
*
Email: margaret.graham@unn.ac.uk
Email: c.bailey@northumbria.ac.uk
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Abstract

As the number of digital images available to art historians grows apace, it is perhaps an opportune moment to consider what impact digital images have had on the discipline and on the work methods of art historians. This paper revisits the findings of a research project – Compare and contrast – focusing on the attitudes of art historians towards digital image technologies, the role of the technologies in the different phases and activities of the research process, the tools and their potential, and barriers to the use of digital images.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 2006 , pp. 21 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2006

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