[padg] Graphics Atlas is now available

["D NISHIMURA" <dwnpph@xxxxxxx>]

Let me add to the official announcement that the internal structure is very close to completion but the content will be a work in progress. However, it is intended to cover the range of prints from mechanical (“pre-photographic”) (of which wood cut or wood engraving is the only example at the moment) to digital prints.

The process of content addition will be slower than in the previous incarnation (Digital Sample Book) because there is much more text and more images in this version. So if you don’t see what you’re looking for, please be patient.

 

-Doug

Douglas Nishimura

Image Permanence Institute

Rochester Institute of Technology

Graphics Atlas Is Now Available Graphics Atlas is a new online resource that brings sophisticated print identification and characteristic exploration tools to archivists, curators, historians, collectors, conservators, educators, and the general public. Initial development of this resource began in 2006. Graphics Atlas has two central web applications. The print identification application guides you through a concise set of representations that replicate the experience of identifying prints using common tools (i.e., a loupe and simple stereomicroscope). A second application, the Object Explorer, allows you to browse and compare traits across processes using a set of 18 views made with various lighting techniques and magnifications. Characteristics including size, format, color, texture, sheen, and layer structure are explored logically. The Graphics Atlas contains additional web pages devoted to the history of printing technologies expressed through text, images, and diagrams. Visit www.graphicsatlas.org to start exploring prints.