Timeline of Select Projects | Index of Projects
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Ajanta Cave | Painting, Asia | Stitched photographs of cave wall murals with image detail hotspots |
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Andy Warhol, "Colored Campbell's Soup Can" | Painting, North America | Collection of 19 images of Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can paintings |
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Andy Warhol, "Thirteen Most Wanted Men" | Painting, North America | Collection of 21 images of Warhol's "Thirteen Most Wanted Men" installation at the 1964 New York World's Fair |
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Art and Architecture of Sardinia | 2023 - 2023 | Architecture, Painting, Archaeology, Photography | The Media Center accompanied a Getty-funded research project to Sardinia, Italy in coordination with Prof. Michael Cole's Spanish Italy & the Iberian Americas project. In addition to documenting sites of 15th-18th century Spanish influence, Media Center staff also visited the ancient city of Tharros, and documented objects related to the archeological site of Mont’e Prama. Photographic documentation was also conducted on sites related to August Sander’s 1927 trip to Sardinia, such as Porto Torres and Aritzo. |
Breugel: The Netherlandish Proverbs | Painting, Europe | Annotated details of Breugel's painting |
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Bruegel, Pieter, "Battle between Carnival and Lent" | Painting, Europe | Image of the painting and details |
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Bruegel, Pieter, "Children's Games" | Painting, Europe | Image of the painting and details |
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Bruegel, Pieter, "Tower of Babel" | Painting, Europe | Image of the painting and details |
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Exploring Chinese Painting: A Test Module for Undergraduate Teaching | Painting, Asia | Interactive timeline of masterworks of Chinese painting 900-1750 CE. Users can compare multiple works along the timeline or view individual pieces in detail, including four long scroll paintings. |
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Illuminating Art History: Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant | 2022 - 2024 | Art History, Slides, Photograph | A two-year Digital Art History grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation enabled the digitization and online dissemination of the Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology's Lantern Slide Collection. |
Kangxi Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Seven | Painting, Asia | Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site. |
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Kangxi Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Three | Painting, Asia | Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site. |
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Monet's Rouen Cathedral | Painting, Europe | Scans of 26 of Monet's Rouen Cathedral paintings, viewable in color or monochrome. The site also has a sun wheel feature that organizes ten of the paintings by approximate time of day they were made. |
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Qianlong Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Four | Painting, Asia | Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site. |
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Qianlong Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Six | Painting, Asia | Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site. |
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Raphael's Fresco of the Disputa of the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura | 2000 - 2001 | Painting, Europe | Video of late Professor David Rosand describing Raphael's fresco with computer-animated illustrations. |
Raphael's Fresco of the School of Athens | 2000 - 2001 | Painting, Europe | Video of late Professor David Rosand describing Raphael's fresco with computer-animated illustrations. |
Raphael, The Stanza della Segnatura | 1998 - 2000 | Painting, Europe | This website devoted to the Stanza della Segnatura in contains images, details, descriptions, and explanations of the iconography and techniques for each of Raphael's frescoes. |
Recording the Grandeur of the Qing / Nanxuntu: Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls | 2005 - 2009 | Painting, Asia | These monumental scrolls, commissioned by the Kangxi and Quinlong Emperors of the Qing Dynasty to record their multiple inspection tours, provide a unique and vivid glimpse into the grandeur of late imperial China and are the focus of this web site. The site has been updated to a new version by Asia for Educators |
Robert Moses and the Modern City | 2006 - 2007 | Urban Planning, Architecture, North America | Designed as an online resource for the three-part exhibition Robert Moses and the Modern City, this website includes an interactive map of the works of Robert Moses in New York City, an extensive collection of photographs, and text on each exhibition. |
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Safavid Shah Tahmasp (The Feast of Sadah) | Painting, Asia | This site features a high-resolution, zoomable image of the "Feast of Sadah" page of this 16th-century Iranian illuminated manuscript, along with descriptions of the iconography, history, and historical figures found therein. |
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Unpacking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso | 2004 - 2005 | Painting, Europe | This site contains information on Picasso's seminal work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, including essays, prepatory drawings, and biographical information on the artist. All images can be compared against the final painting in the image viewer. |
Villa Savoye 3D Didactic Tool | 2024 - 2024 | Architecture, Europe | The Media Center has crafted a highly detailed, born-digital 3D model of the Villa Savoye which serves as a platform for several modes of exploration. The building can be viewed as an illustration of Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture with animations to demonstrate each element in context, making the digital tool an expression of those principles. Predefined itineraries move the viewer through the rooms of the Villa to replicate the flow of space experienced in-person. Additionally, the Villa can be rendered at various periods in its history to examine the differing paint colors over the span of its use and restorations. |