Introduction to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. FIRST DAY
5. Opening 9
6. Introduction to the Workshop: Rich Cultural Heritage and its Transformation to Digital 11
7. Introduction to the State Museums of Berlin 15
8. Introduction to the Berlin State Library 19
9. Introduction to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 23
10. An Overview of the ARTstor Project: ARTstor: a digital library for the history of art 25
11. Island situation? Some observations on the work in museums as it affects digitisation efforts 33
12. Bridges or continents as models for upcoming digitisation strategies? 36
13. CENSUS, IMAGO, TECHNICAL IMAGE, PROMETHEUS: Projects of Digital Art History 37
14. Digital Art History: the situation at the Institut für Kunstgeschichte at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München 51
15. Summary of the Discussion of the First Day 65
16. Presentation of the virtual 3-D model of the Museum Island and of the CD-ROM “Kidai Shoran” 67
17. SECOND DAY
18. Two Union Catalogues of Art, Architecture and Medieval Manuscripts in Germany 75
19. Humboldt’s Virtual Wunderkammer 87
20. The Internet Portal “Euromuse” – a Network of European Art Museums 99
21. Museum Documentation System of the State Museums Berlin 103
22. Concluding Discussion: Common Perspectives in the Future? 107
23. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 113
24. 126-128 126