https://w3id.org/arco/ontology/denotative-description/1.2 Bianca La Manna OM&TA (Ontology of Material & Techniques in Art) CC BY 4.0 OM&TA (Ontology of Materials & Techniques in Art) is an ontology which aims at representing the relationship between materials and techniques for the description of artworks in a semantic way. #Artwork The entity which represents the work of art #Artwork Artwork #Artwork_Component A subcomponent of an artwork which can have its own material and technique. #Artwork_Component Artwork Component #Author The artists who made the artwork #Author Author #Decoration An additional element which is main purpose is not practical or aesthetic, but brings "decorum" to another element. #Decoration Decoration #Decorative_Technique A technique that traditionally is used for the creation of decorative elements. #Decorative_Technique Decorative Technique #External_Physical_Datum Every external physical datum of an artwork. #External_Physical_Datum External Physical Datum #Frame Some works of art comes with a frame, which has a material and can have a decoration. #Frame Frame #Inscription Any kind of text added to the artwork, which is not a signature, a date or a mark. #Inscription Inscription #Mark The sign of an external contribution out of the author. It can be the founder or the carter, mainly used with scultpures. #Mark Mark #Mark_of_Carter The mark of a workshop or factory for model plasters. #Mark_of_Carter Mark of Carter #Mark_of_Founder The mark of a workshop or factory for casting metal. #Mark_of_Founder Mark of Founder #Material It is the proper material on which the work of art has been made. It can be different from the support. #Material Material #Ornament An additional element other from the main body of the artwork, which helps through repeated patterns, and natural elements at the visual organization of the artwork, in which prevails the aesthetic function. #Ornament Ornament #Ornamental_Technique A technique that traditionally is used for the creation of ornaments. #Ornamental_Technique Ornamental Technique #Signature The signature lived by the author on the artwork #Signature Signature #Signature_Datation The date of the signature, lived by the authors themselves on the artwork. #Signature_Datation Signature Datation #Support The support on which the technique is performed, "given from nature or elaborated by human beings" (Sciolla). #Support Support #Technique "The union of all the principles, rules and manners elaborated by the artists for the material processing over time, experimented in the workshops and artistic laboratories" as defined by Sciolla. #Technique Technique #Title The title given by the author to the artwork #Title Title #dateOfSignature The property represents the date of the signature datation #dateOfSignature date of signature #hasAuthor This property connects the artwork to the author who made it. #hasAuthor has author #hasCurrentSupport This property connects an artwork to its current support. #hasCurrentSupport has current support #hasDecoration The property connects the artwork to its decoration #hasDecoration has decoration #hasDecorativeTechnique The property connects the decoration that belongs to an artwork to the decorative technique used to realize it. #hasDecorativeTechnique has decorative technique #hasFrame The property connects the artwork to its frame #hasFrame has frame #hasInscription The property connects the artwork to its inscription #hasInscription has inscription #hasInscriptionContent This property represents the content of an inscription. #hasInscriptionContent has inscription content #hasOrnament The property connects the artwork to its ornament #hasOrnament has ornament #hasOrnamentalTechnique The property connects the ornament that belongs to an artwork to the ornamental technique that has been used to realize it. #hasOrnamentalTechnique has ornamental technique #hasPreviousSupport This property connects the arttwork with its previous support. #hasPreviousSupport has previous support #hasSignature This property represents the signature of the artist imposed on the artwork. #hasSignature has signature #hasSupport The property connects the artwork to its current support #hasSupport has support #hasTechnique The property connects the artwork to the technique used to realize it #hasTechnique has technique #hasTitle This property connects the artwork with its official title. #hasTitle has title #isCurrentSupportOf Inverse property of mat:hasCurrentSupport #isCurrentSupportOf is current support of #isDated The property connects the signature to its datation, if it is written on the artwork itself. #isDated is dated #isMadeOf The property connects the frame and the support to the material which they are made of. #isMadeOf is made of #isMarked The property connects the artwork to the mark that has been affixed on it. #isMarked is marked #isMountedOn The property connects the material on which the artwork has been realised to the current support on which it is mounted #isMountedOn is mounted on #isPerformedOn The property connects the technique to the material it is performed on. #isPerformedOn is performed on #isPreviousSupportOf Inverse property of mat:hasPreviousSupport #isPreviousSupportOf is previous support of #isSigned The property connects the artwork to the signature of the artist that made it. #isSigned is signed #transferredFrom The property connects the current support of an artwork to the previous support from which it has been transferred. #transferredFrom transferred from