Projects / Programmes
TRANSFORMATIONS – FROM MATERIAL TO VIRTUAL.
Digital Corpus of Mural Painting – New Dimensions of Medieval Art Research in Slovenia
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.09.00 |
Humanities |
Art history |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 6.04 |
Humanities |
Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) |
Middle Ages, wall painting, Romanesque, Gothic, digital corpus, iconography, patronage, materials, interpretation of medieval art, reception of medieval art
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on
April 22, 2024;
A3 for period
2018-2022
Data for ARIS tenders (
04.04.2019 – Programme tender,
archive
)
| Database |
Linked records |
Citations |
Pure citations |
Average pure citations |
| WoS |
24 |
110 |
105 |
4.38 |
| Scopus |
38 |
142 |
129 |
3.39 |
Researchers (9)
Organisations (2)
Abstract
The aim of the project is to establish a scientific web corpus of medieval mural painting in Slovenia titled Corpus picturarum muralium medii aevi. The vision of this corpus is to become a referential digital database for this field in Europe. Since a representative corpus of medieval mural painting for one entire country does not yet exist, and the Slovenian space is geographically manageable, the project group wishes to create a model corpus. Its future aim is to become thematically connected to the emerging corpuses in other countries and a part of a global, thematically interconnected all-European database of medieval mural painting. For this reason, its name is in Latin. The necessity of its making is demonstrated by numerous new findings in Slovenia as well as in the neighbouring countries that were part of a joint political and cultural territory in the Middle Ages. Furthermore, it is demonstrated by insufficient research of this area in the existing literature and in the continued progress in the research in wider European space. The issues in the field of medieval mural painting research in Slovenia are great. Consequently, the project presents a clear strategy on how to approach all existing problems so that they are resolved and that further research, which from the point of view of wider European space is more than necessary, is enabled. In the scope of the project, a corpus of mural paintings in Slovenia until around 1380 will be created. Later, it will be upgraded with paintings until 1500. The corpus will include initial studies, thematic maps, glossary of technical terms, and according to individual locations, the following topics: historical data, building development, state of research, technical drawing of the murals, written and visual sources, the level of preservation, description, stylistic analysis, iconographic analysis, analysis of the entire iconographic and iconological programme, dating, authorship, patronage, subject matter and execution specificities, technical analysis, restoration works, reception, and wider social and political analysis in the context of researching medieval art in the 20th century. Thus, the corpus will be comprised of all possible aspects of researching medieval mural paintings, which will present great novelty in wider European space. The project group consists of specialists for medieval iconography, stylistic development, social and political and patronage context, technical laboratory analyses of medieval paintings, policies on research, discovery, exhibition and reinterpretation of mural paintings in the 20th century, of specialists for architectural drawings of the paintings’ schemes etc. Owing to highly systematic and transparent goals, the work program is clearly structured. A special value of the proposal is that the group enjoys full support of relevant consultants from Slovenia as well as from an international advisory board of some of the most prominent European referential researchers in the field, who fully support the present project as they are aware of the necessity of creating such a corpus (names listed in the application). The results of the project will be numerous since such an in-depth analysis, which will greatly exceed all existing ones, will bring about several new attributions, datations, reveal new connections, and new iconographic interpretations and findings connected to patronage. Moreover, the research will include a technical analysis of the paintings, while special attention will be placed on aspects that have not yet been addressed and will be offered by reception analysis. Since almost all members of the project group lecture at universities in Slovenia and abroad, a regular transferal of knowledge from the project to the universities will be fully ensured. A comprehensively designed corpus will open new possibilities for researching medieval art in Slovenia as well as in wider European space. The results of the project will be far reachin
