dt_paintings: Dutch Tabletop Paintings
In mdlincoln/dutchtabletops: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Tabletop Still Lifes

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A set of 629 paintings made between by Haarlem-based artists.

1	dt_paintings

A data frame with 629 rows and 20 variables:

painting_code: character. Unique identifier for each painting.
painting_description: character. A free-text description of the format and content of the painting.
thematic_format: character. A general category for the type of content in the painting, e.g. "Meal w/ One Main Dish", "Tabackjes".
compositional_format: character. Horizontal or vertical.
compositional_disposition: character. Category of the compositional scheme, e.g. "off-centered pyramid", "right wedge", "left wedge".
compositional_cropping: character. The amount of space around the main tabletop surface, may either be paritcularly "tight", "normal", or particularly "expanded"
compositional_viewpoint: character. The viewpoint height over the table: "low", "normal", or "high"
location: character. The colleciton or institution where the painting currently resides.
bibliography: character. Bibliography citing the painting.
date_string: character. A free-text date of creation.
year_early: integer. The earliest year of the paitning.
year_late: integer. The latest year of the painting.
dimensions: character. Free-text field with the dimensions of the painting.
height: double. Height in centimeters.
width: double. Width in centimeters.
is_fragment: logical. Is the painting a fragment of a larger original?
support: character. Is the painting on canvas or wood panel?
inscriptions: character. Free-text field transcribing any inscriptions on the painting.
illusionistic_signature: logical. Does the painting have an illusionistic signature - one that has been painted onto an object as if it is part of the depicted scene?
has_inscribed_date: logical. Does the painting have a date in the inscription.

Gregory, Henry Duval. "Tabletop Still Lifes in Haarlem, C. 1610-1660: A Study of the Relationships Between Form and Meaning." PhD diss., University of Maryland, 2003. http://search.proquest.com/docview/305326380

dt_painting_motifs, dt_motif_taxonomy, dt_artist_attributes, dt_painting_artist.

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