OM&TA (Ontology of Material & Techniques in Art)
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.
This property connects the artwork to the author who made it.
has author
This property connects an artwork to its current support.
has current support
The property connects the artwork to its decoration
has decoration
The property connects the decoration that belongs to an artwork to the decorative technique used to realize it.
has decorative technique
The property connects the artwork to its frame
has frame
The property connects the artwork to its inscription
has inscription
The property connects the artwork to its ornament
has ornament
The property connects the ornament that belongs to an artwork to the ornamental technique that has been used to realize it.
has ornamental technique
This property connects the arttwork with its previous support.
has previous support
The property connects the artwork to its current support
has support
The property connects the artwork to the technique used to realize it
has technique
This property connects the artwork with its official title.
has title
Inverse property of mat:hasCurrentSupport
is current support of
The property connects the signature to its datation, if it is written on the artwork itself.
is dated
The property connects the frame and the support to the material which they are made of.
is made of
The property connects the artwork to the mark that has been affixed on it.
is marked
The property connects the material on which the artwork has been realised to the current support on which it is mounted
is mounted on
The property connects the technique to the material it is performed on.
is performed on
Inverse property of mat:hasPreviousSupport
is previous support of
The property connects the artwork to the signature of the artist that made it.
is signed
The property connects the current support of an artwork to the previous support from which it has been transferred.
transferred from
The property represents the date of the signature datation
date of signature
This property represents the content of an inscription.
has inscription content
This property represents the signature of the artist imposed on the artwork.
has signature
The entity which represents the work of art
Artwork
A subcomponent of an artwork which can have its own material and technique.
Artwork Component
Author
An additional element which is main purpose is not practical or aesthetic, but brings "decorum" to another element.
Decoration
A technique that traditionally is used for the creation of decorative elements.
Decorative Technique
Every external physical datum of an artwork.
External Physical Datum
Some works of art comes with a frame, which has a material and can have a decoration.
Frame
Any kind of text added to the artwork, which is not a signature, a date or a mark.
Inscription
The sign of an external contribution out of the author. It can be the founder or the carter, mainly used with scultpures.
Mark
The mark of a workshop or factory for model plasters.
Mark of Carter
The mark of a workshop or factory for casting metal.
Mark of Founder
It is the proper material on which the work of art has been made. It can be different from the support.
Material
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
A technique that traditionally is used for the creation of ornaments.
Ornamental Technique
The signature lived by the author on the artwork
Signature
The date of the signature, lived by the authors themselves on the artwork.
Signature Datation
The support on which the technique is performed, "given from nature or elaborated by human beings" (Sciolla).
Support
"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
The title given by the author to the artwork
Title