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Bianca La Manna
OM&TA (Ontology of Material & Techniques in Art)
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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