Renaissance Art Database (RenArtDB) is a visual learning resource
for the stydy of Renaissance art.
Whether you are a student,
an art lover or a professional, you may visually access
over 130 Renaissance paintings and sculptors through an
interactive Map displaying both current and original locations.
If you wish to edit, implement or fully reuse any information,
you are welcome to contact us, download our data set
and share your up-to-date version.
RenArtDB came together as a collaborative project within the context of the module 'Renaissance Art and
Architecture',
University of Buckingham (Spring Term 2016).
Under the supervision of Carlo Corsato, a team of
12 undergraduate students from both Art History and Psychology filled information on the data set,
shared a spreadsheet on
Google Drive and used a Facebook group to discuss and fix any issues they came across.
The Map provides a visual gateway to the data set of RenArtDB.
To search information directly on the Map, click on one of the dots and an interactive information box will open. Sources of information and good resolution images can be accessed clicking on Location and Title links respectively. (If using a mobile or tablet, click on to view the legend.)
Images are not imported in RenArtDB and should be used and credited as indicated by the rights owners in their respective terms and conditions and/or licences.
The Map has been created with Carto and can be shared, embedded and reused by clicking on the Share Botton
We may assist you generating your own maps to visualise and access different version of RenArtDB or different data sets for your own projects. Contact us.
The data set of RenArtDB makes information on Renaissance art easily accessible and reusable. Consisting of a selection of over 130 paintings and sculptures located in both Europe and North America, the dataset allows you to view, edit, implement, and fully reuse key descriptive meta data of each artwork, including both original and current locations.
The data set does not require any registrations or software installations to be used or accessed. It comes as a .csv file and can be opened/edited with Libreoffice Calc, Google Sheets, Ms Excel or Numbers for Mac.
Good res images can be also tracked down through both the data set (Column Image) and the Map (instructions in the Map section).
Students collected and implemented the information forming the dataset. When reusing the dataset or part of it, credit should be given to each contributor as indicated in the entries of the spreadsheet (Column Data Entry) or the infoboxes on the map (Credit link).
We are grateful to both institutions and Wikipedia contributors for sharing online the information we have aggregated. Links to galleries and Wikipedia have been provided in the data set (Column Data Source). (We hope none is missing.)
We may provide training on how to: - prepare a data set containing descriptive meta data on works of art according to curatorial standards;
- study, share and reuse information online;
- visualise and distribute a database through a multilayer map.
Project Design and Development, Data Entry, Data Validation, Map Design, Website
Carlo lectured on Renaissance Art and Architecture 1400-1600 and Baroque to Neoclassican Art and Architecture at Buckingham University.
He co-edited with Deborah Howard the first monograph on the church of Frari, Venice, and published essays and catalogue entries on Early Modern Art and Architecture.
He was responsible for the design, development and management of Renaissance Art Database including the creation of the interactive map.
Carlo contributed 17 entries.
Laura Cassidy
Data Entry
Laura is an undergraduate student at the University of Buckingham studying Art History with a minor in English Literature.
After volunteering with youth groups such as CIRCUIT in partnership with the Tate, and museums in Cambridge such as the Fitzwilliam and Kettle’s Yard, she is interested in using art history as a tool for communication.
Laura contributed 10 entries to RenArtDB.
Charlotte Gale
Data Entry
Charlotte studies Art History and Heritage Management at Buckingham University.
Previously she trained as a journalist, she spent her first term studying Renaissance art and culture in Florence, and has volunteered at the Towner Gallery in Sussex.
She is a passionate communicator and strives to explain art in an accessible and fun way. In the future, she would like to work in galleries or museums, either in Curatorial or Education Departments.
Charlotte contributed 10 entries to RenArtDB.
Liberty John
Data Entry
Liberty is an undergraduate student at the University of Buckingham studying Art History and English Literature.
While studying at the British Institute in Florence, she was able to volunteer and work with individual artists and classes at the Charles Cecil Studios.
She has performance awards from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts that contributes to presentation and communication skills, which she is interested in using in the world of Art History.
Liberty contributed 10 entries to RenArtDB.
Kaja Kuśnieruk
Data Entry
Kaja contributed 11 entries to RenArtDB.
Lily Lacey-Hastings
Data Entry
Lily is a student of Art History and Heritage Management at the University of Buckingham.
She loves to lose herself in paintings, inspired by the power of art to transform our lives. With a scientific background and a perceptive, empathetic eye, she is drawn to future work in conservation and restoration.
Lily contributed 9 entries to RenArtDB.
Mathilda Lindborg
Data Entry
Mathilda is an Art History student at the University of Buckingham with a minor in Heritage Management.
Originally from Sweden, Mathilda has studied 6 languages; she is an acute observer with excellent visual skills and attention to detail. Art is her true passion and her interests encompass, amongst others, linguistics, literature and writing.
Mathilda contributed 10 entries to RenArtDB.
Veerti Mehta
Data Entry
Veerti is currently pursuing Psychology Hons. at the University of Buckingham and spent her second term studying Renaissance art and architecture as a part of her free-choice.
The module was exciting as it stood different from what she had previously studied. It provided an insight into the essence of style of art and how it has developed over the years. Art has given her the pleasure to know what stories lies beyond the pictures.
Veerti contributed 11 entries to RenArtDB.
Priyanjali Ratwatte
Data Entry
Priyanjali is a Psychology student at the University of Buckingham.
She has an interest in art history and chose to study Renaissance art as an elective in her second term at university. She has an avid interest in the arts, is a classically trained singer and loves to travel.
Priyanjali contributed 9 entries to RenArtDB.
Selena (Ella) Ridley - Jones
Data Entry
Ella studies Art History with French and Spanish at the University of Buckingham.
She enjoys history and languages, though her passion is the art and literature of the Classical world, as well as its rendition in later art. Having travelled to Athens and Delphi, she is interested in working in the Classical field.
Ella contributed 11 entries to RenArtDB.
Vijayshri Vaghela
Data Entry
Vijayshri studies Art History and Heritage Management at the University of Buckingham.
Of Indian descent and having lived in Kenya and the UK, she is especially interested in the personal responses of artists to cultural, religious and political tensions.
She is currently working alongside an RCA graduate to create and curate an artwork relating to the experience of living with Type 1 Diabetes, to be a permanent exhibition at the University’s Medical School.
She hopes in the future to further her research in Contemporary Art Theory with the vision to be a private collections advisor.
Vijayshri contributed 10 entries to RenArtDB.
Nicole Vaus
Data Entry
Nicole studies Art History and Heritage Management at Buckingham University.
Of Lithuanian-English heritage and with a strong musical background, she has enjoyed playing in a County Early Music group for many years.
She volunteered with the National Trust and currently works at Waterstones and uses her experiences to approach her studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. In the future she hopes to focus her studies on the history of fashion.
Nicole contributed 10 entries to RenArtDB.
Yuchen Wei
Data Entry
Yuchen studies Art History and Heritage Management at the University of Buckingham.
As she comes from a Chinese family with a background in collecting traditional Chinese art, Yuchen aspires to combine her studies on both European and Chinese arts and give out a worldwide view on art history.
