Tool Trouble: Network and Spatial Methods in Art History

Paper given at the 2016 meeting of the College Art Association in Washington, DC

Transcript

1. TOOL TROUBLE Network and Spatial Methods for Art History Matthew Lincoln University of Maryland @matthewdlincoln College Art Association 2016
2. What happens next? @matthewdlincoln (Image source: @batlabels, 9 December 2015)
3. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., “Diagram of Stylistic Evolution from 1830 until 1935”, in Cubism and Abstract Art [1936], reprint (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966) @matthewdlincoln
4. John Frederick Padgett and Walter W. Powell, “The Problem of Emergence,” in The Emergence of Organizations and Markets, (Princeton University Press, 2012), 6. @matthewdlincoln
5. Publisher Designer Engraver “Sculptura in Æs”, from Johannes Stradanus’ Nova Reperta. Published by Philips Galle, c. 1588-1605. British Museum, London.
6. @matthewdlincoln
7. @matthewdlincoln A Gephi mess (don’t do this!)
8. @matthewdlincoln Complete graph 1615 1630 1640 1640 1670 1680 1619 • • • • • • A 1550−1620 B 1590−1645 C 1606−1660 D 1620−1675 E 1656−1700 F 1678−1730 1610−1620 1615 1619 • • • • A 1550−1620 B 1590−1645 C 1606−1660 D 1620−1675 1630−1640 1630 1640 1640 • • • B 1590−1645 C 1606−1660 D 1620−1675 1670−1680 1670 1680 • • • D 1620−1675 E 1656−1700 F 1678−1730
9. @matthewdlincoln Network centralization • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0.93 – highly centralized 0.53 – somewhat centralized 0 – perfectly even
10. @matthewdlincoln Group Assortativity 100% internal 58% internal 67% external 100% external • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
11. centrality nodes edges 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0 100 200 300 400 0 100 200 300 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 @matthewdlincoln
12. 1650 40 45 50 55 −10 0 10 20 Population (tens of thousands) 0 100 200 300 400 region British Isles France Germany Iberia Italy Poland Scandinavia The Low Countries @matthewdlincoln Matthew Lincoln after Jan De Vries 1984 (2015) europop: Historical Populations of European Cities, 1500-1800 R package version 0.1
13. 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1500 1600 1700 1800 Share of Urban Population region British Isles France Germany Iberia Italy Poland Scandinavia The Low Countries @matthewdlincoln
14. Image source: Saul Steinberg, “View of the World from 9th Avenue”, The New Yorker, 29 March 1976 @matthewdlincoln
15. @matthewdlincoln Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks, ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
16. @matthewdlincoln Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks, ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
17. @matthewdlincoln Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks, ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
18. Image source: ORBIS Working pape, orbis.stanford.edu/assets/Scheidel_64.pdf @matthewdlincoln
19. RStudio Integrated Development Environment (author’s laptop) @matthewdlincoln
20. @matthewdlincoln 1.  Maps and networks aren’t tools; they are methods.
21. 1.  Maps and networks aren’t tools; they are methods. 2.  This requires faculty investment. @matthewdlincoln
22. Matthew Lincoln matthewlincoln.net @matthewdlincoln