Description and Analysis

Art history is the study of visual arts, including but not limited to painting, pottery, architecture, photography or even dance and music. Art history studies the significance of art across different time periods, reflecting on different crucial historical moments. Art history studies artists, historical context, symbolism, culture, audiences and symbolism. Art history can be studied …

Introduction

Art History is an important part of culture and our world, it even relates back to archives of Malian photography that have preserved and digitized collections of six important photographers. The team of US and Malian conservators have been cleaning, scanning, cataloging, and rehousing over one hundred thousand photos. The photographers talked about in this …

7 Values

The artwork of the Malian pictures are all about restoring the negatives to their original beauty, but it also relates to our digital humanities goal of diversity. The different groups and background of each of these individuals in all six photographers’ work is amazing to witness. Restoring the former beauty of an art piece is …

6 Goals

One goal of art history is to preserve cultural artifacts, as these artifacts are crucial in understanding the history and social significance of the art. In this project, photographic works are preserved through the website as well as many publications where these photographs are digitally preserved but also studied to understand and appreciate the historical …

4 Publication

Framed and Hidden Histories: West African Photography from Local to Global Contexts  https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/43306256 peer reviewed article  Abstract- The recontextualization of West African photographs in the international art venues is a fairly recent phenomena. Its history dates to the 1991 “Africa Explores” exhibition curated by Susan Vogel at the Center for African Art and the New …

3 Art History’s Relevance to Archives of Malian Photography

Art history is about preserving, maintaining, and with holding art for its beauty. It not only studies the beauty of art, but focuses on the study of objects created by different cultures around the world and throughout history. These art pieces convey meaning, importance, and serve primarily through visual representations. The Malian photography research website …

1 Intro and Context

Jessie LeRay and Emily Donald DHM 280 Art History is an important part of culture and our world, it even relates back to archives of Malian photography that have preserved and digitized collections of six important photographers. The team of US and Malian conservators have been cleaning, scanning, cataloging, and rehousing over one hundred thousand …

2 Art History- Description and Analysis

Art history is the study of visual arts, including but not limited to painting, pottery, architecture, photography or even dance and music. Art history studies the significance of art across different time periods, reflecting on different crucial historical moments. Art history studies artists, historical context, symbolism, culture, audiences and symbolism. Art history can be studied …