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    For review on sandbox: "Art Series" type

    2 posts, latest post: faye, Jul 28, 2008
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    1. faye
      Jul 18, 2008
      faye says:

      Hi,  I've added a new type "Art Series" on sandbox for review. For details please see:

      http://lists.freebase.com/pipermail/data-modeling/2008-July/000969.html

      Thanks. 

      2. faye
        Jul 28, 2008
        faye says:

        This is live on production. Please enter data for Art Series!


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    small typo

    2 posts, latest post: danm, Jun 6, 2008
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    1. butwait
      Jun 6, 2008
      butwait says:

      In the header of http://www.freebase.com/view/visual_art , the word visual has acquired an errant "r"...

       I don't think I have editorial access to that, so figured I offer a "heads up" here.

       

      2. danm
        Jun 6, 2008
        danm says:

        fixed. thanks!


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    Art Subject Type has been published

    1 post, latest post: faye, Oct 30, 2007
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    1. faye
      Oct 30, 2007
      faye says:

      Hi, the newly created Art Subject Type has been published and is now available for use. I've added some seed data as examples:

      http://www.freebase.com/view/filter/visual_art/art_subject

      Enjoy!


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    PLEASE READ: Art Form vs. Art Genre vs. Art Movement

    3 posts, latest post: faye, Apr 9, 2007
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    1. faye
      Apr 5, 2007
      faye says:

      Hi, I've seen some confusion in discerning Art Form from Art Genre from Art Period/Movement as defined here (and in Wikipedia) in labeling artworks. So, to clarify:

      ART FORM corresponds with the MEDIUM or FORM of EXPRESSION the artist chooses to employ. Examples of art forms: photography, painting, sculpture, print making.

      ART GENRE pertains to the SUBJECT of the artwork. Examples of art genre: portrait, landscape, still life, abstract art.

      ART PERIOD/MOVEMENT categorizes the SCHOOL or STYLE of the artwork. Often associated with a distinct period in history, and often end in "-ism". Examples of art period/movement: Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism.

      Thank you for helping keep the data accurate and complete in Freebase.

      2. danm
        Apr 9, 2007
        danm says:

        Faye, feel free to update the documentation around any of the types as well - you may want to make this point in the description of the visual art domain. Another modeling option you have is to use 'enumerated list' for some of these properties if you don't want users to add new values for a type.

      3. faye
        Apr 9, 2007
        faye says:

        Good idea, Dan. I've modified Art Form and Art Genre to display as enumerated list under Artist and Artwork where present. I hope this would make data entry easier without testing users on type definitions. I remember modifying some documentation articles to clarify but will double check.


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    I feel there should be a media type associated with the Visual Artist

    4 posts, latest post: faye, Apr 9, 2007
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    1. gmackenz
      Apr 5, 2007
      gmackenz says:

      Fields such as Sculpture, Photography, Painting, Multimedia, etc. It's kinda formal but it's how Art History is usually taught in time-periods, movements and fields (until we reach Modern Art of 1910's and onwards where the trend is towards multimedia).

      Examples would be:

      Rodin (who would be Sculpture)

      Man Ray (Photography)

      Michaelangelo (Architecture, Painting, Sculpture)

      2. faye
        Apr 5, 2007
        faye says:

        The media type (Sculpture, Photography, Painting, etc.) associated with the Visual Artist as you described is captured by the Visual Art Form type. Currently the schema has it set up as a property of Artwork instead of Artist, i.e. "Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas" by Bernini is of form Painting, whereas his "Apollo and Daphne" is of form Sculpture.

        We could add Visual Art Form to the Artist type in addition to Visual Artwork. We thought art form would be more precisely modeled as a property of individual artworks, but your suggestion has advantages as well. Note, though, that most artists did not stick with one medium, and most would have more than three art forms you may not identify the artists with. Even Rodin did oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings in charcoal, and Man Ray did illustrations, drawings and paintings earlier in his career.

        Let me try it on sandbox to see what the new schema would look like.

      3. danm
        Apr 9, 2007
        danm says:

        Looks good to me. May also want to link back from Art Form to Artist, in the same way we're linking back to art works.

      4. faye
        Apr 9, 2007
        faye says:

        I've promoted the schema change to production; you should see Art Form under Artist, and the reverse link as well.


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