Category: image searching
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FBI launches app to help identify stolen art
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has made its Nation Stolen Art File, most commonly used by law enforcement, available on mobile to the public. Private citizens and art institutions alike can now track down stolen art conveniently from their phones. On 10 April, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released an app-based version of the…
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New Online Resource on the Berlin Kunstkammer
A Window on Nature and Art: The Virtual Research Environment of the Berlin Kunstkammer (Das Fenster zur Natur und Kunst: Forschungsumgebung zur Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Kunstkammer) is a “research environment” that provides digital access to the most important inventories, catalogs, and descriptions of this collection, including objects that have been reconstructed from a selection of sources. The…
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New Web Address for The Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance
The Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (formerly http://www.census.de/) is a 76-year-old project concerned with the knowledge and interpretation of antiquities in the Renaissance era. Since 1996 it has been based at the Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the Professorship of Early Modern…