[SoSe 2026] VL: Digital Art History, an overview

Digital Art History, an overview

RVL: Federica Carta // Eine Lehrveranstaltung des DigiLab

BA - MA

BA-KuWi4 / MA-KuWi3

Mittwoch, 18 Uhr – 20 Uhr

H 0111

This conference cycle on Digital Art History, is designed as an introduction to the transformative impact of digital tools on research, preservation, and the study of art. Organized in conjunction with the opening of the DigiLab, the series explores how digital methodologies – from image databases and metadata annotation to 3D reconstructions and virtual reality – are reshaping the discipline. Through presentations by leading scholars and hands-on workshops, students will gain practical insights into open-access platforms, collaborative annotation, and the evolving role of technology in art historical practice. The program aims to offer the knowledge and skills to engage critically and creatively with the digital future of art history.

The launch of the DigiLab marks an opportunity to examine how digital tools are reshaping art historical research. This conference cycle presents a series of lectures and workshops focused on the practical applications of digital methodologies in the field. Speakers will address key projects, including the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi’s digital annotation efforts, the use of 3D technologies for reconstruction, and the integration of open-access platforms like Wikidata. The program is designed to provide both theoretical insights and hands-on experience, offering participants a comprehensive overview of current developments in Digital Art History.

The presentations will be in German or in English, according to the speaker



List of the speakers / provisional titles

15. April – F. Carta, Introduction

22. April – Isabella Nicka (Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg) REALonline

29. April – Lukas Fuchsgruber, (Wikimedia Germany), Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata

06. Mai – Chiara Capulli (Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome) From Data to Display: Digitisation, Reconstruction, and Knowledge Production in Digital Art History

13. Mai – Torsten Veit (Univesität Greifswad, Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut), KI und andere digitale Werkzeuge in der Herrenhausforschung: ein Erfahrungsbericht

20. Mai – Matteo Burioni (Institut für Kunstgeschichte, LMU, München), Plafonds 3D

27. Mai – Lukas Fuchsgruber (Wikimedia Germany), Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata: hands-on session on metadata

10. Juni – Brett Renfer (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), New Technologies at the Met

17. Juni – Stephanie Schület (TU-Berlin), Corpus Vitrearum

24. Juni – Stephanie Schület (TU-Berlin), Corpus Vitrearum – hands-on session

01. Juli – Sabine de Günther (Fachhochschule Potsdam, Fachbereich Informationswissenschaften) Virtual Couture. 3D digitale Rekonstruktion und Animation.

08. Juli – Maria Effinger (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities / NFDI4Culture)



Eine Lehrveranstaltung des DigiLab – https://www.tu.berlin/kwhistu/einrichtungen-services/digilab