Congratulations to Murtha Baca and the Getty Research Institute:
> via infoDOCKET. > > From GRI: > > "The Getty Research Institute has released its first born-digital > publication, Pietro Mellini’s Inventory in Verse, 1681, edited by > Murtha Baca and Nuria Rodríguez Ortega, with notes and essays by Baca, > Ortega, Francesca Cappelletti, and Helen Glanville. This publication, > based on research that was conducted in the online collaborative > environment known as The Getty Scholars’ Workspace™, includes a > digital facsimile, transcription, translation, and analysis of a > seventeenth-century manuscript, an inventory of artworks in the > collection of the Mellini family in Rome." > > "In the thirteen brief essays that are part of the scholarly apparatus > surrounding the original object, Baca and her co-authors explore this > unusual document, explaining its history, purpose, context, and > relationship to a conventional legal inventory of the same art > collection that was drawn up just a year before. Pietro Mellini’s > Inventory in Verse, 1681, provides insight into the collecting > practice of elite Roman families of the Baroque period and into the > important role that inventories played in the fashioning of these > families’ public identities. > > “The GRI’s first born-digital publication is more than an analysis of > a rare document or art historical text,” said Baca. “Like the > manuscript that is its focus, this online book is both hybrid and > unique. We believe that it represents a paradigm shift; unlike a > conventional print publication, the information gleaned from 17th > century texts is presented here in a way that takes advantage of the > non-linear and hyperlinked environment of the web. It was researched > and organized online and created to be navigated the way people > intuitively use information on the Internet.” She went on to say, > “Another key feature of our project was the fact that it is truly a > multi-author work; ours was a deliberate attempt to break with the > single authorial voice that has largely dominated art-historical > monographs.” > > Unlike a conventional print publication, this online book does not > simply provide a list of the artists mentioned in the inventory, but > provides these artists’ names as controlled vocabulary, linking the > names as they appear in the inventory (often with alternate spellings) > to the full information in one of the GRI’s electronic thesauri, the > Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®. Similarly, the publication’s “List > of Artworks” section provides information about the works in the > inventory including an art-historical analysis of them, but also > indicates what each work depicts using Icon class ubject categories. > > Complete Overview/Publication Announcement > http://news.getty.edu/press-materials/press-releases/digital-mellini.h > tm > > Direct to New Publication > http://www.getty.edu/research/mellini/ Amalyah Keshet The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ----------------------------- [Insert your disclaimer here] ----------------------------- _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
