Showing posts with label digital tools and methods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital tools and methods. Show all posts

Aug 19, 2024

Provenance patterns: visualising unreliability words in red

In this post, we look at another way of automating the analysis of hundreds of artworks at a time with reusable code. 
"Unreliability" words have been automatically formatted in red
The count refers to the number of artworks containing "unreliability" words for the same artist in the dataset.
Selected paintings with "unreliability" words such as "probably", "possibly", "presumably" and "likely".
The analysis and table were produced by Python code run in a Jupyter Notebook on a Mac.
The Notebook will be shared after a few more tests.

May 31, 2024

Reportedly found in - a sampling of interesting provenances

What does "reportedly found in" mean when it appears in a provenance text for an artworks or antiquity?

Below are a few sample texts.

(Texts published by museums are indicated by color.)