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Warburg Institute joins Census x Hertziana Fellowship
We are very pleased to announce that the Warburg Institute has joined the Census x Hertziana Fellowships in the reception of antiquity. Thanks to a generous contribution from the Warburg Institute, the Census fellowship can also now also be offered for a longer…
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Warburg Institute joins Census x Hertziana Fellowship
We are very pleased to announce that the Warburg Institute has joined the Census x Hertziana Fellowships in the reception of antiquity. Thanks to a generous contribution from the Warburg Institute, the Census fellowship can also now also be offered for a longer period. One fellow per year will…
Contact: Transcultural Techniques and Metaphors of Imprinting (30–31 May)
With the explosion of new reproductive technologies starting in the fifteenth century, antiquities were among the most sought-after subjects for copies, reproductions, impressions, seals, casts and moulds. Although there has been extensive research on antiquarian prints and other types of…
New database interface now live
The Census database has upgraded to a new system and a new interface. There are several aides to help you navigate the new system: A user guide (available in English only) A webpage with FAQs (in German and English) A help video (available in English only) A live discussion and training session…
New blog post by Clara Sawatzki
Student Assistant Clara Sawatzki has written the first blog post for verso, the new Hypotheses research blog of the Census. Please follow the link below for the full version of her text, published in both English and in German. Geflügelte Pferde und schneckenförmige Delfine: Eine erweiterte Sicht…
New Hypotheses blog: verso
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Hypotheses research blog verso, a platform for short, illustrated essays dealing with the history, methodology, technology and use of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance. Verso will offer members of the Census…
Census Database System Update
The Census database will be unavailable this Friday, January 13, 2023, for one day due to a system update. All data will be copied that day and migrated into a new database, which will be available starting in February 2023. The old database will be accessible again as usual by Monday, January 16,…
The Census joins ARIADNEplus
Over the past year efforts have been underway to integrate the Census data according to the CIDOC-CRM framework so that its resources can be shared with those of other projects. Integration with similar art-historical projects is underway through collaboration with CORDH, and to link Census data…
Recycling Beauty: Salvatore Settis and Rem Koolhaas in Milan
From 17 November 2022 to 27 February 2023, the Fondazione Prada in Milan will be hosting a new exhibition on the reception of antiquities from the Medieval to Baroque era. Following up on the successful ‘Serial / Portable Classic’ (2015), Salvatore Settis and…
The Early Modern Invention of the Ancient Andes
The Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte is very pleased to welcome the first Census x Hertziana Fellow, Juan Carlos Mantilla, who has begun a 6‑month research project titled, ‘The Early Modern Invention of the Ancient Andes’. During his fellowship, Mantilla will participate in both the Census…
The Census Joins CORDH
We are very pleased to announce that the Census project has become a member of the international consortium CORDH, Consortium for Open Research Data in the Humanities. This group brings together research institutions committed to developing shared data models, using in particular in CDOC-CRM, in…
New Census x Hertziana Fellowship
The program “Art History in a Global Context” at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History and the “Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance” at the Institut für Kunst– und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, are pleased to…
Census Semantic Data Models published
In 2021–2022, George Bruseker and Denitsa Nenova of Takin.solutions have been coordinating the Census data with the semantic framework used most often for cultural heritage data, the CIDOC-CRM. More specifically, they have been aligning the Census data with the CIDOC-CRM modelling standards for…
RSA Dublin, 4.2022
At the Renaissance society of America meeting in Dublin, Ireland on 2 April, 2022, Kathleen Christian and Cammy Brothers co-chaired a double-session on the topic of “The Antiquarian Drawing as a Site of Creative Invention.” The event marks one of the initiatives of the current Census research…
NFDI4Culture Forum: Census Data as Linked Open Data
On May 2, 2022, Kathleen Christian and Franz Engel (HU Berlin) together with Denitsa Nenova (Takin.solutions Athens) will present the upcoming development of the transformation of Census data into Linked Open Data (LOD). The Census team was invited by NFDI4Culture’s Working Group on Data Standards…
New Web Address for the Census Database
As part of a major technical update which is currently underway, the Census database will have a new URL and from April 21, 2022 will be available at https://database.census.de. For a minimum of one year, a redirect will be set up so that links to Census records from other databases and websites…
Farnese Exhibition in Parma
On 18 March the exhibition I Farnese. Architettura, Arte, Potere will open in Parma at the Complesso monumentale della Pilotta. It will continue until 31 July, 2022. The exhibition, curated by Simone Verde, will will take a comprehensive view on the Farnese family’s collections and their patronage…
Now online: 75th Anniversary Exhibition
The 75th anniversary of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance falls in 2021, and to mark the occasion a group of students at the Humboldt-Universität and the Warburg Institute have created an online exhibition, ’75 Years, 1946–2021. From Index Cards to Online…
Pegasus 20.2020 in Print
The latest issue of Pegasus, number 20, offers a broad spectrum of research on the reception of antiquity. Among the contributions is an article by Henri De Riedmatten, which lays the foundations for future research on the iconography of Lucretia in the 16th century. Lothar Sickel’s archival…
New Photographic Campaign
Starting in 2021 and continuing into 2022, the Census database is being enriched with thousands of new photographs. This major campaign will significantly improve both antique and Renaissance visual resources of the database. The Census was able to purchase images and commission new photography of…
The Census Lays the Foundations for Linked Open Data
In 2021 the Census is working with the company Takin.solutions to make the Census data Linked Open Data. Although the current Census database is an open access resource that is freely available online, its data cannot currently be linked to that of other research projects. The first step towards…
New Funds for the Census Database
With the appointment of Kathleen Christian as Professor of Early Modern Art at the Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte in the Summer of 2020, the Humboldt-Universität and the Berlin University Alliance have provided new funding for the development and renovation of the Census database. This…