Project 1

Title: Painters, works, attributions. Protocols for the authentication of medieval and pre-modern paintings in Romania.

Partners:

  • "G. OPRESCU" INSTITUTE FOR HISTORY OF ART - Coordinator
  • ROMANIAN ACADEMY CLUJ NAPOCA BRANCH - P1
  • TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA - P2

    • Project Description:

    The project proposes the in-depth analysis of eight different groups of paintings belonging to our cultural heritage (dating around 1370-1830) and the elaboration (based on a thorough analysis) of a set of identification and attribution protocols to be further used as a model and heuristic development, that can be integrated into the IDArt platform.

    Activities:

    Stage 1

  • 1.1 Bibliographic documentation of the eight groups of works and artists
  • 1.2 Making an inventory / cataloguing the investigated works of art, according to their chronology, and taking into account several criteria (e.g.: works that are: a) signed; b) attributed and c) attributable)
  • 1.3 Field research (museums, collections, monuments) for acquiring the necessary images by using several photographic techniques (visible, IR, UV, etc.)
  • 1.4 Organizing and processing the harvested material to be inserted into the database
  • 1.5 Methodological clarifications – research stays in Romania and abroad
  • 1.6 Dissemination

    • Stage 2

  • 2.1 Making an inventory / cataloguing the investigated works of art, according to their chronology, and taking into account several criteria (e.g.: works that are: a) signed; b) attributed and c) attributable)
  • 2.2 Field research (museums, collections, monuments) for acquiring the necessary images by using several photographic techniques (visible, IR, UV, etc.)
  • 2.3 Organizing and processing the harvested material to be inserted into the database
  • 2.4 Studying specific workshop techniques (examining how exactly the paintings were created) and determining the particularities ("the stylistic identity": the manner of depicting the eyes, ears, nose and hands /fingers of the characters represented) of each of the artists belonging to the eight groups
  • 2.5 Elaborating the metadata sets
  • 2.6 Methodological clarifications (research stays in Romania and abroad))

    • Stage 3

  • 3.1 Organizing and processing the harvested material to be inserted into the database
  • 3.2 Definition the ROI ("regions of interest") of the paintings according to artistic characteristics
  • 3.3 Establishment of the attribution protocols
  • 3.4 Promoting our cultural heritage project within the academic and socio-economic environment

    • Results

  • 1 comprehensive bibliography of the 8 groups of works / artists
  • 8 documentation sheets;
  • 8 comprehensive catalogues;
  • 8 attribution protocols;
  • Photographic sets of the approx. 100 works to be investigated;
  • Processed digital images of the artworks;
  • 10 art history articles /artwork analysis;
  • A comprehensive bibliography on the analysis, attribution and authentication of the artworks (paintings);
  • Organizing an international conference (at the end of the project);
  • A volume of studies (at the end of the project)
  • Participation in 4 international conferences