Datum: 11.02.2025
Uhrzeit: 18:00 Uhr
Ort: Zoom
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Exploring ICONCLASS
A Comprehensive System for Cultural Content Classification
On February 11th at 18:00 Hans Brandhorst and Etienne Posthumus will be talking about “Exploring ICONCLASS: A Comprehensive System for Cultural Content Classification”. The ICONCLASS classification system for visual arts and other cultural objects is used by numerous museums and libraries worldwide to provide subject access to their collections. Its vocabulary covers topics far beyond traditional cultural heritage domains and enables end-users to search content more systematically.
In this session, Hans Brandhorst and Etienne Posthumus will introduce the principles of this cultural content classification system and share updates on the recent revision of ICONCLASS, including the launch of its Linked Open Data (LOD) version. Furthermore, they will discuss how these developments are shaping new opportunities for the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sector and beyond.
Please register here to receive the Zoom link: https://tu-darmstadt.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/IPcBDrITSNaHdSK4rrJVtA
For more information about ICONCLASS, visit https://iconclass.org/.
The presentation is part of the lecture series “HERMES Open Colloquium”, organized by TU Darmstadt and the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz. If you are interested in further events in this series, please feel free to sign up for the newsletter.
Please note:
The lecture itself will be recorded but not the introduction and discussion. Only the video and microphone of the presenters will be shown during the recording.
About the Contributors:
Hans Brandhorst was once trained as an art historian with a special interest in iconography. From the early 1990’s onward he has worked in the field of digital humanities and visual communication. Since 1999 he has been the acting editor of ICONCLASS.
Etienne Posthumus is a Cultural Heritage (Meta)Datascience research software engineer. He created the web version of ICONCLASS and has maintained and extended it over the last 25 years.