-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is a call for feedback.
Open Art History is a proposed project to gather and distribute reproductions of artworks and art historical documents. Art is a form of knowledge, and art history is a way of presenting that knowledge. Access to high quality reproductions of images of art and to literature & data concerning art history is of great value to artists, critics, art historians, art theorists and educators. http://okfn.org/wiki/OpenArtHistory The pilot project for Open Art History will be Open Hogarth. This is due to the availability and comparative ease of reproduction of Hogarth's work, its social and historical relevance, its art historical importance, and its popularity with the general public. Hogarth's literary nature is also a link to the Open Literature project, and his place in the history of the copyright of art makes him an interesting subject for a Free Knowledge project. http://okfn.org/wiki/OpenHogarth http://www.knowledgeforge.net/project/openhogarth/ The initial aim of the project is to find sources for high-quality digital photographs or scans of Hogarth etchings online. If you have any comments or suggestions then please post to the list, join in the IRC meeting on Wednesday, and/or add material to the Wiki. - - Rob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjhL8QACgkQCZbRMCZZBfYIfQCeIVCvFajLyw9whFmdU60+mKfY FbkAn1JDnZBOY6llHfUjrH2YNL5UR611 =kUHB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
