A Treasure Hunt: The Interdisciplinary Challenge of a Digital Humanities...
Abstract: This article tells the story of an interdisciplinary hackathon emphasizing exploration, collaboration, and creative engagement with globalization-related cultural datasets. Participants...
View ArticleMapping the Multifarious Image in Time of Globalization
Abstract: In this paper, I examine the evolving concept of the image, exploring the philosophical implications of its complex, multifaceted nature. I question the value of terms such as icon,...
View ArticleQueens, Pearls and Spirochaetes
Abstract: In December 2019, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (now the Burnett Foundation) released a public health campaign raising awareness about the increasing rates of syphilis infections in New...
View ArticleA Deluge of Sea Images: Maritime Art and Temporal Crisis
Abstract: We are today inundated with images of the sea, with maritime representations of global trade, the refugee crisis, and climate collapse featuring prominently in both journalistic and artistic...
View ArticleIntended to Cross National and Cultural Divides: Art Reproductions from the...
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of some of the findings of my forthcoming dissertation, which examines Ikea’s globally standardized art motifs and their relationship to art historical canons...
View ArticleRoaming Pixels: Clipping the Operative Close-up
Abstract: This essay examines the disseminated war image as it takes off at the speed of light. It seeks to challenge the legacy of the post-structuralist spectator who watches war by complicating...
View ArticleThe Global on Display? Art, Circulation, and the Institutional Framing of...
Abstract: This article examines how the notion of “circulation” structures institutional discourse in contemporary art exhibitions focused on digital photography. Drawing on curatorial texts,...
View ArticleBrute Force Branding: Variations & Repetitions of the Almighty Dollar Banknote
Abstract: This paper examines the U.S. dollar as a global brand and mythic icon, revealing how its stable aesthetic asserts dominance and infiltrates daily life. Through visual analysis and global...
View ArticleImage Circulations and Economic Imagination: Framing the Peruvian and Chilean...
Abstract: This study explores two cases of photographic circulation between Peru, Chile and France in the late nineteenth century to show how images contributed to the requalification of the region...
View ArticleWhat Makes Art Images Travel So Well? Repetition, Variation, and the Global...
What do we actually know about how images become global? This article takes stock of current approaches to studying their worldwide circulation. Drawing on findings from the Visual Contagions...
View ArticlePrésence et identité des collectionneurs dans les biennales (1948-1965)
Using exhibition catalogue data from the Artl@s database, this article seeks to define the typology of collectors/owners of works presented at nine international biennials, while quantifying their...
View ArticleThe Computational Eye. Deconstructing Style in Digital Art History
With the aim of grounding digital methods in the art historic tradition, this paper uses the discussions around style as a springboard to ask how digital art history can extend beyond providing...
View ArticleStyle, Nonetheless. Eight Good Reasons to Reject the Notion of Style; Three...
This article examines why art historians have distanced themselves from the concept of “style” since the 1960s. It draws on the critiques of Meyer Schapiro and Ernst Gombrich, which were often cited...
View ArticleHow Many Annunciations Are There? Using European Prints to Digitally Explore...
The combination of a computational approach with the expertise of art historians in studying the similarities and differences between European prints and eighteenth-century Portuguese azulejos has led...
View ArticleA Legacy of Discord: Controversial Meanings in American Mudéjar Style...
This paper offers an American perspective on the term Mudéjar, examining debates in the study of American colonial art and architecture from the 20th century to the present day. It delves into the...
View ArticleNo Need of Styles: Building Up Architectural Historiography
If styles lost impetus within the methodology of art historiography, in the (parallel) field of architecture, they were firmly rejected one century ago. One might consider that this more radical...
View ArticleCopy, Style, and Art Historians Scrutiny: A Journey from Aby Warburg back to...
This article examines J. A. Ramboux’s watercolor copies after Italian Renaissance artworks and their critical reception by art historians. Initially valued for documenting original masterpieces,...
View ArticleManufacturing National Boundaries? The Notion of Style Between Identity...
Art historians have long been preoccupied by art’s geographical inscription. But it was during the interwar period that research on the geography of art really took off and was recognized as a field...
View ArticleThe Inner Form of Style: On Heinrich Wölfflin’s “Tactical” Formalism
In this article, I examine the enduring relevance of Heinrich Wölfflin’s approach to style, in light of the renewed interest in it among “postformalist” art historians. By delving into the theoretical...
View ArticleStyle Revisited
The resurgence of the concept of 'style' within the realm of artificial intelligence, particularly in the fields of image classification and style transfer, reignites age-old discussions in art...
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