1. ArtMapping Venice
Tania Palmieri
Ertan Kazikli
Orhan Oçal

2. What is ArtMapping?
We have asked Google

3. Here we are!

4. Some examples of ArtMapping

7. What is ArtMapping?
Our definition:
“Artmapping is the art to exploit digital tools, in
particular GIS, to propose a brand new elaboration
approach to all who love
painting, photography, architecture”

8. Research Question
What could be the optimal combination of tools we
have to use to create a complete digital artmap?
Our purpose: a digital tool which enables to map
Venice through artworks, exploring it in space and
time.

9. Methodology
Data Collection
Data Organization - Metadata
Database Design
User Interface Design

10. Data Collection
Websites conjugating “history and location” and
“art and location”
Famous vedutisti – Canaletto, Michele
Marieschi, Bernardo Bellotto, J.W.M. Turner
Online Archives of Museums – TATE, Google Art
Project

11. Data Organization-
Metadata
Name of the painting
Artist
Date
Geographical coordinates
Points of interest

12. Database Design
XML
JSON
Turner1840 = {
"title": "Giudecca Canal, Venice",
"artist": "J.M.W. Turner",
"date": 1840,
"coordinates": [45.428109, 12.332132],
"pinterest": ["Giudecca Canal", "Santa Maria della Salute" "St.
Mark's Campanile"],
}

13. ArtMapping Venice
Interface
Search Turner
:
1840

14. ArtMapping Venice
Interface
Search Turner
:
J. M. W. Turner
(1775-1851) Giudecca
Canal, Venice c.1840
1840

15. ArtMapping Venice
Interface
Search
Search: Turner x
:
J. M. W. Turner
(1775-1851) Giudecca
Canal, Venice c.1840
Enlarge street view
1840
1840

16. Milestones
Collecting Paintings
Organizing Metadata
Building Database
User Interface Design
Beta Implementation
Webpage Implementation

17. Plan
Week 1 Source survey.
Week 2-3 Collecting the artworks.
Week 4-5 Organizing the metadata.
Week 6 Database structuring.
Week 7-8 Learning Google JavaScript v3 API.
Week 9- Interface design and website implementation.
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18. Resources
Image Sources
TATE. After Joseph Mallord William Turner. Web.
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-venice-t04646. Date of access: 18
Dec. 2012
WikiPaintings, Visual Art Encyclopedia. Web.
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/canaletto/piazza-san-marco-with-the-basilica-
1730. Date of access: 18 Dec. 2012
Art Renewal Center Museum. Artist Information for Canaletto.
Web.http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=2632. Date of access:
18 Dec. 2012
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110000272.
Date of access: 18 Dec. 2012
Panoromio. Web. http://www.panoramio.com. Date of access: 18 Dec. 2012
Wikimapia. Web. http://wikimapia.org. Date of access: 18 Dec. 2012
State of Art
Geocoded Art. Web. http://www.geocodedart.com. Date of access: 18 Dec.
2012
Historypin. Web. http://www.historypin.com. Date of access: 18 Dec. 2012
Tate. The Art. Map. Web. http://tate.artmaps.wp.horizon.ac.uk/artmapped/.
Date of access: 18 Dec. 2012

19. Thank you!
http://artmappingvenice.wordpress.com

20. Thank you!
Enjoy
ArtMaps
!