Author: Murtha Baca
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: revised, metadata, introduction
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-11-11
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0892368969
ISBN-13: 9780892368969

Praise for the First Edition: "An excellent starting point for information professionals to gain a basic understanding of fundamental concepts, then move ahead with a guided path for further research and study." --Art Documentation Metadata, literally "data about data," provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. The volume of digital information available over electronic networks has created a pressing need for standards that assist in locating, retrieving, and managing this vast and complex universe of information. This revised edition o

Author: Julian Brooks
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: close, drawings, master
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2010-06-08
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1606060198
ISBN-13: 9781606060193

The purpose of this volume is to introduce the reader to the pleasure of looking at master drawings. Through forty-five spectacular works of art, each shown in full and with an enlarged detail, the book simulates the experience of looking at a drawing through a magnifying glass: we can see the techniques and materials used and get close to the artist’s creativity. They are roughly ordered by date and were chosen for inclusion because, in addition to yielding beautiful details, they encompass a wide variety of media and techniques. Accompanying short texts highlight particular aspects of

Author: Bruce Robertson
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: book, makes, marguerite
Number of Pages: 44
Published: 1999-10-28
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 089236372X
ISBN-13: 9780892363728

Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle’s name day? In this richly illustrated tale, Marguerite comes to her father’s aid. She journeys all over Paris buying goose feathers for quills, eggs for mixing paints, dried plants and ground minerals for pigments. Then she expertly finishes the illumination of Lady Isabelle’s b

Authors:Howard Besser, Sally Hubbard, Deborah Lenert,
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: introduction, series, imaging
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2003-12-04
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 0892367334
ISBN-13: 9780892367337

This primer introduces the technology of digital imaging and outlines many of the challenges faced when creating digital image collections. The revised edition of Introduction to Imaging expands on such fundamental issues as the different varieties and uses of metadata, the utilization of controlled vocabularies, and digital preservation. The book also recommends strategies such as implementing open standards to smoothly integrate image collections and their documentation with other information resources, and guarding against collections being made obsolete by future technological developments

Author: E. Borgia
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: jerash, amman, petra, present, past, jordan
Number of Pages: 76
Published: 2002-12-26
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 888162124X
ISBN-13: 9788881621248

Jordan: Past and Present will be of particular interest to Western readers, who rarely have the opportunity to visit the ancient monuments of Petra, Jerash, and Amman. The archaeological history of the Kingdom of Jordan and of each of the three principal Jordanian sites are carefully and clearly explained, and then each of the monuments-among them the Theater, Nymphaeum, Temenos Gate, and funerary monuments in Petra; the Arch of Hadrian, Sanctuary of Artemis, South Theater in Jerash; and the Temple of Hercules in Amman-are pictured as they exist today with overlays showing how they likely look

Author: Martin C. Jürgens
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: preservation, identification, print, digital
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-08-25
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0892369604
ISBN-13: 9780892369607

This invaluable resource demystifies the complex, rapidly changing, and sometimes confusing world of digital print technologies. It describes the major digital printing processes used by photographers and artists over the past forty years, explaining and illustrating materials and their deterioration, methods of identification, and options for acquiring and preserving digital prints. A removable chart provides a ready reference for identifying specific materials. Anyone involved in identifying and preserving digital prints--from conservators, curators, archivists, and registrars to photograp

Author: Lucia Impelluso
Publisher: Getty Publications
Keywords: imagery, series, guide, art, heroes, gods
Number of Pages: 386
Published: 2003-04-03
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0892367024
ISBN-13: 9780892367023

As archetypes of human virtue and vice, the gods and heroes of ancient Greece and Rome have figured prominently in Western culture. In art, they have been portrayed time and time again, especially during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical periods. Gods and Heroes in Art aims to help museum patrons and art lovers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are each described in entries summarizing their distinctive stories, their special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each entry is richly illustrated with reproduction