The Red Dot takes its name from the small sticker that once marked slides in a physical archive, flagging them as worth a second look. We’re keeping that spirit alive here.
At MIRL, we engage with art history, digital humanities, and material culture through hands-on research and archival projects. Guided by our core principles—critical engagement with visual and material culture, ethical stewardship of images and data, and innovative approaches to research and pedagogy—we work at the intersection of technology and the humanities. We are especially interested in how digital tools can expand the study of images, objects, and spaces.
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Developments in Reverse Image Searching
We have talked about reverse image searching with TinEye here in the past – here is some recent research that takes the concept further. John Resig collaborated with the Frick Art Reference Library to analyze images lacking identification from their collection. Using software developed off the TinEye model he was able to establish trends, and… Read more
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BREAKING NEWS: C. R. Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art on fire
The BBC is reporting that firefighters are battling a fire at Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s iconic building Glasgow School of Art. It appears the fire started when a projector exploded in the basement. Everyone in the building was able to evacuate. UPDATES: The Glasgow School of Art has begun inspecting the damage, with good and bad… Read more
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The Morgan Library’s Rembrandt prints now available online
The Morgan Library & Museum announced they have digitized their collection of Rembrandt etchings — almost five hundred images — and have made them available online. The Morgan holds impressions of most of the three hundred or so known etchings by Rembrandt, as well as multiple, often exceedingly rare impressions of various states. Each etching… Read more
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MAK Center’s Schindler House Tour, May 17-18, 2014
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, will celebrate its 20th year by offering a tour of a number of exemplary private houses by R.M. Schindler. The programming opens with a wine reception and talk with Judith Sheine (Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon) at Schindler’s How House in Silver… Read more
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More on new research practices in art history
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the report on changing research practices in art history, this article in the Wall Street Journal is timely. The president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, James Cuno, is making a strong push for advancing the use of tools such as face recognition, digital mapping, and… Read more
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New report on changing practices in art history research
A study examining changing research practices of art historians was released today. The study, by Ithaka S&R and funded by the Getty and Kress foundations, looks at the impact of “digital art history” and the “interconnected scholarly communities that support art history”. The report also looks at changes to graduate student training in art history.… Read more