SIKART

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SIKART
Available inGerman, French, Italian, English
OwnerSwiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR)
Created byKarl Jost (director)
URLhttp://www.sikart.ch
CommercialNo
LaunchedFebruary 2006

SIKART is a

visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR). Conceptually and in content, it is an expanded and continually updated online version of the SIAR's 1998 Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art,[1] which featured 12,000 short entries and some 1,100 detailed biographical articles.[2]

Scope

SIKART states that it is aimed at both specialists and members of the general public with an interest in art. It covers professional artists from Switzerland and Liechtenstein "who work or have worked in the genres of

gold work, ceramics, documentary photography, etc.)"[2]

The content is written in the language the artist is most associated with: French, Italian or German. The artists are rated with one to five stars according to their significance, which determines the depth of coverage. For all artists in SIKART, the database records the name (and any variants), the dates of birth and death, a brief CV, keywords and descriptors, lexica entries, a bibliography and a link to the artist's website (if any). For artists rated with three to five stars, biographical articles of two to four pages in length are also provided, as are digital reproductions of their artworks.[2]

Funding

SIKART is funded by the

Swiss cantons and private donors.[2] The website can be accessed free of charge, but at launch SIAR intended to charge for access at a later date so as to enable SIKART to operate independently of public funding.[3]

See also

References

  • "Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft geht online" (in German).
    Swissinfo. 14 February 2006. Archived from the original
    on 15 April 2013.
  • "Schweizer Kunstlexikon online" (in German). Netzwoche. 20 February 2006.

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