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visual arts
vr.tr.visual-arts · thing-q36649
Let an agent handle visual arts by medium, movement, artists, works and rights, with sourced attribution.
Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Medium Which art form.
Form
Painting, sculpture.
Form
Medium.
- Which medium or form is meant? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
Technique
Methods.
Technique
Technique.
- Which techniques are used? definition
- How can they be learned? action
Works Artists and works.
Attribution
Who made it.
Attribution
Attribution.
- Who made the work, and how secure is the attribution? provenance
- Where is it held? provenance
Movement
Style.
Movement
Movement.
- Which movement or tradition does it belong to? definition
- Which period? provenance
Access Seeing art.
Description
Alt text.
Description
Accessible description.
- How should the work be described for blind or low-vision people? action
- Is the description accurate? boundary
Venues
Museums and galleries.
Venues
Venues.
- Where can the work be seen? provenance
- Is entry free? measurement
Rights Copyright and culture.
Copyright
Reproduction.
Copyright
Copyright.
- Is the work in copyright, and who licenses it? provenance
- Can an image be reused? boundary
Culture
Heritage.
Culture
Cultural heritage.
- Is the work tied to a community with rights over its use? boundary
- Were protocols followed? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- seascape, photocollage, emoji art, Māori visual arts and crafts, digital compositing, computer graphics, anime/manga style, alpha compositing, video game graphics, vector based video game graphics, bird's-eye view, tile graphics
What it is Filled
Art forms that create works primarily visual in nature, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, film, design, crafts and digital and computer-generated art.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle visual arts by medium, movement, artists, works and rights, with sourced attribution.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Primarily visual
- Many media and traditions
- Fine and applied
- Protected by copyright and moral rights
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a copy, forgery or generated image as an original by a named artist.
- Reproduce protected works beyond what copyright and licences allow.
- Remove or obscure an artist's credit.
- Help sell looted or stolen art.
Only with a human decision
- Authenticating or valuing a work.
- Publishing images of identifiable people in artworks.
May
- Describe and analyse visual artworks with credit to the artist.
- Report provenance and ownership of works from catalogues and museums.
Moral aspects Filled
- Artists depend on credit and rights to earn a living.
- Looted art and contested heritage raise questions of restitution to communities.
Who is affected
- Artists
- Collectors and museums
- Communities whose heritage it is
Owners Filled
Steward
The artist holds the rights; the owner holds the object.
Master systems
- Stolen art registers
- Museum collection databases
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q735 - registry parent class
related
- art - category
- painting and photography - media
- museum and gallery - venues
- copyright - law
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.visual-arts
- Wikidata: Q36649 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Media such as painting or photography
- Movements and styles
- Indigenous visual arts and crafts traditions
- Images, objects and installations seen by viewers.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify medium and movement
- attribute works to artists
- describe images accessibly
- respect rights in reproductions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misattribution
- Reproducing works without rights
- Appropriating cultural heritage
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Copyright and moral rights
- Artist resale right
- Cultural property law
Context of use required Filled
- Expression, communication, beauty, documentation and culture.
- painting and drawing
- sculpture
- printmaking
- photography and film
- design and crafts
- digital and computer art
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q36649: visual arts - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Visual arts - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should media be separate entries?
- How should works be linked?
- How should Indigenous arts be credited?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q36649/spec.json