SIKART
Available in | German, French, Italian, English |
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Owner | Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR) |
Created by | Karl Jost (director) |
URL | http://www.sikart.ch |
Commercial | No |
Launched | February 2006 |
SIKART is a
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
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
See also
References
- "Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft geht online" (in German). Swissinfo. 14 February 2006. Archived from the originalon 15 April 2013.
- "Schweizer Kunstlexikon online" (in German). Netzwoche. 20 February 2006.
Footnotes
- ISBN 3-85823-673-X.
- ^ a b c d "Masthead". SIKART.
- ^ Laufende Forschugsprojekte Archived 2006-11-11 at the Wayback Machine