Readings
- Harold Kraemer, “Art Is Redeemed, Mystery Is Gone: The Documentation of Contemporary Art,” in Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage: A Critical Discourse, ed. Fiona Cameron and Sarah Kenderdine, Media in Transition (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2007), 193–222. View PDF
- David Hewitt, “Please Touch the Art: 3-D Printing Helps Visually Impaired Appreciate Paintings,” Smithsonian, February 26, 2015, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/please-touch-art-3-d-printing-helps-visually-impaired-appreciate-paintings-180954420/
- John N. Wall, “Transforming the Object of Our Study: The Early Modern Sermon and the Virtual Paul’s Cross Project,” Journal of Digital Humanities, April 21, 2014, http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/3-1/transforming-the-object-of-our-study-by-john-n-wall/
- “Smithsonian X 3D Explorer,” Smithsonian X 3D, 2015, http://3d.si.edu/
- Digital Pompeii, University of Arkansas, http://pompeii.uark.edu/
Activities
Morning
- Digital Methods: Modeling art history thinking skills; Modeling and documenting processes, spaces, and objects
- Discuss readings
- Resources for finding and storing multimedia: http://arthistory2015.doingdh.org/multimedia-sources/
- Hands-on Session: Annotating with Thinglink.com
- Discussion of 3D modeling
- Carnegie plaster casts and models: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8wRKpQyX0l4UkVqWGhNR3E4TWc/view?usp=sharing
Afternoon
- Hands-on Session: Using Google Sketch Up for modeling 3D spaces
- Hands-on Session: At RRCHNM, 3D printer demo
- Demo: At RRCHNM, Using 123D Catch on a phone
3D Models Printed
- The Prince Imperial with his Dog Nero, Sévres Manufactory, Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:279358; Item record in Met collections, http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/205462?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=dog+nero&pos=1
- Lincoln Life Mask, Smithsonian Institution, http://3d.si.edu/explorer?modelid=26
- Sheila’s Owl Lamp, http://www.123dapp.com/catch/2015-06-16-15-46-28/4082662 | Photo of the lamp.
Tools
- ThinkLink: http://thinglink.com
- Google SketchUp: http://www.sketchup.com
- Autodesk 123D Catch: http://www.123dapp.com/catch
- Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com
Extra Material
Zotero Folder – Day 4 – Working with Non-Textual Sources – Extra Material