CHArt
CHArtComputers and the History of Art
Welcome to CHArt's web site. CHArt was established in 1985 by art and design historians who happened also to be computer enthusiasts. Initially a forum for the exchange of ideas between people who were using computers in their research, the largely academic membership was soon augmented by members from museums and art galleries, as well as individuals involved in the management of the visual and textual archives and libraries relevant to the subject.
CHArt is a society open to all who have an interest in the application of computers to the study of art and design. We hold an annual conference and publish the conference proceedings, run an email discussion list and keep in contact with our members through a newsletter. CHArt also sponsors the World Wide Web Virtual Library for History of Art. You will find further details of all our publications and activities on this web site.
The CHArt (Computers and the History of Art) 2010 Conference In recent decades the traditional practices of Art History have come increasingly under attack. This has led to changes so extreme that some have talked of the 'death of Art History'. The CHArt 2010 Conference wishes to explore the role of digital technologies in the disruption of Art History and the profound changes in the way that we display, consume and study art. Prof. Will Vaughan has agreed to be the opening keynote speaker. It is particularly appropriate that Will should start proceedings off at the 2010 conference as we will be having a reception to celebrate 25 years of CHArt during this conference, and Will was one of the founding members of the group back in 1985. |
How to become a member of CHArt
CHArt's publications
- CHArt Yearbook 2005: DIGITAL ART HISTORY. A Subject in Transition: Exploring Practice in a Network Society
- CHArt Yearbook 2006: Futures Past: Thirty Years of Arts Computing
- CHArt Yearbook 2007: DIGITAL VISUAL CULTURE. Theory and Practice
- Theory and Practice (CHArt 2005)
- NEW: CHArt Newsletter Spring 2010 edition
- Computers and the History of Art ISSN 1048-6798, published by Harwood Academic Publishers - abstracts and back issues
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS ONLINE:
- Object and Identity in a Digital Age (CHArt 2009)
- Seeing... Vision and Perception in a Digital Culture (CHArt 2008)
- Digital Archive Fever (CHArt 2007)
- Fast Forward - Art history, curation and practice after media (CHArt 2006)
- Theory and Practice (CHArt 2005)
- Futures Past: Twenty Years of Arts Computing (CHArt 2004)
- Abstracts from earlier conferences (2003-1997)
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ONLINE:
- Fast Forward - Art history, Curation and Practice after Media (CHArt 2006 conference)
- Theory and Practice (CHArt 2005 conference)
- Futures Past: Twenty Years of Arts Computing (CHArt 2004 conference)
- Convergent Practices: New Approaches to Art and Visual Culture (CHArt 2003 conference)
- Digital Art History? Exploring Practice in a Network Society (CHArt 2002 conference)
- Digital Art History - A subject in Transition (CHArt 2001 conference)
- Moving the Image: Visual Culture and the New Millennium (CHArt 2000 conference)
- Digital Environments: Design, Heritage and Architecture (CHArt 1999 conference)
CHArt's annual conferences - read abstracts of papers from our recent conferences.
CHArt's email discussion list (Joining instructions & message archives)
Electronic CHArt: Teaching, Images, Internet - CHArt's first online project.
This site was last updated on 2 September 2010
To contribute information or to report any problems, email information@chart.ac.uk
CHArt is grateful to the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College, London for hosting this service.