Graphics Atlas

Image Permanence Institute has launched new and improved Graphics
Atlas Identification pages

    <URL:http://www.graphicsatlas.org>

Graphics Atlas was officially launched in 2010.  In 2012 IPI
received a three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to
continue work on the site.  Our first initiative under the Mellon
grant was to survey Graphics Atlas users in order to better
understand how the site was used and what areas needed the most
improvement.  The answer to both questions was the Identification
pages.  In response IPI developed a new, methodological approach to
identification and conducted a complete overhaul of the individual
Identification pages based on this methodology.  Each Identification
page begins with an Overview, which provides a description of each
process, common use dates, key identifying features, alternate
names, and other information.  Identifying characteristics of the
process are described in detail in three categories: object,
surface, and magnification.  The Object View includes
characteristics that can be observed with even illumination, such as
the nature of the support and the image tone.  The Surface View
includes surface characteristics of sheen and texture which can be
seen with specular or raking light.  Magnification describes
characteristics like image and layer structure which are best seen
with magnification.  Lastly, every process includes a Variations
section that describes important variations of the process.

Each process is illustrated with high-resolution images from the IPI
study collection and is accompanied by text that describes the
connections between chemistry, technology, materials, and the
aesthetic characteristics shown, providing the user with an informed
approach to identification.  The result of this three-year project
is a sophisticated and comprehensive web resource with a broad scope
of didactic information on graphic processes far surpassing that of
any other print or web publication.  Check it out at:

    <URL:http://graphicsatlas.org/identification/>


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