Art in the Digital Age
By Alexandra A Jopp Science and technology has transformed the humanities through the development of digital media [1]. In art history, in particular, it has created enormous opportunities related to visual culture. This essay will look at digital history and new media and the effects that they are having on the world of art. The Internet has enabled the mass distribution of text and images around the world. While it has created some challenges related to ownership and copyright issues, it has helped to fulfill many of the goals of the digital humanities. First, the new technology enables more collaboration and cooperation among scholars [2]. Second, it offers more comprehensive coverage of the historical material by, for example, providing links to photographs and documentation. Historical sites, museums, libraries and archives often employ digitization to promote their collections. These holdings, however, must have a purpose, and that purpose depends upon what a given ins...