Project Title
Digital Transformation of Understanding Deities Across Ancient and Medieval Art
Faculty Mentor(s) Name(s)
Dr. Elissa Auerbach
Abstract
The various representations of deities in ancient and medieval art characterize the diversity of religious and social practices, more importantly, when organized into a linear timeline format to emphasize these characteristics. In this project, I explore images of deities, sacred places, maps, and works of architecture in which they were originally displaced to trace how the depiction of gods evolved over time and place. I created this project as a digital humanities assignment in a course on prehistoric to Gothic art history. After completing my research throughout the semester, I organized my data into a Google spreadsheet, and then transformed the data into an interactive timeline using the Timeline JS web-based tool. By digitizing my timeline of objects, maps, and images of architecture instead of arranging the content on paper, I have made my research publicly accessible and more engaging for the reader given its interactive format. Transforming the timeline into a digital format enhanced the traits of deities in these time periods by putting their representations into a shifted spotlight, which allowed for me to capture the significance of each work of art, sculptures, maps, and other resources within this project.
Digital Transformation of Understanding Deities Across Ancient and Medieval Art
The various representations of deities in ancient and medieval art characterize the diversity of religious and social practices, more importantly, when organized into a linear timeline format to emphasize these characteristics. In this project, I explore images of deities, sacred places, maps, and works of architecture in which they were originally displaced to trace how the depiction of gods evolved over time and place. I created this project as a digital humanities assignment in a course on prehistoric to Gothic art history. After completing my research throughout the semester, I organized my data into a Google spreadsheet, and then transformed the data into an interactive timeline using the Timeline JS web-based tool. By digitizing my timeline of objects, maps, and images of architecture instead of arranging the content on paper, I have made my research publicly accessible and more engaging for the reader given its interactive format. Transforming the timeline into a digital format enhanced the traits of deities in these time periods by putting their representations into a shifted spotlight, which allowed for me to capture the significance of each work of art, sculptures, maps, and other resources within this project.