SIKART

Infobox Website
name = SIKART



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url = http://www.sikart.ch
commercial = No (as of July 2008)
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language = German, French, Italian, English
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owner = Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR)
author = Karl Jost (director)
launch date = February 2006
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revenue =
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SIKART is a biographical dictionary and a database on visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR). Conceptually and in terms of content, it is an expanded and continually updated online version of the SIAR's 1998 "Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art", [cite book|title=Biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst|first=Karl|last=Jost|publisher=Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung|date=1998|editor=Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft|isbn=3-85823-673-X] which featured 12,000 short entries and some 1,100 detailed biographical articles.cite web|title=Masthead|work=SIKART|url=http://www.sikart.ch/page.php?pid=30&name=impressum&lang=en]

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SIKART states that it is aimed at both specialists and members of the general public with an interest in art. It covers professional artists from Switzerland and Liechtenstein "who work or have worked in the genres of painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture, video, installation, photography, performance and web art", but not artists "who worked or work exclusively in the applied arts (graphic art, design, bell foundry, gold work, ceramics, documentary photography, etc.)"

The content is written in the language the artist is most associated with: French, Italian or German. The artists are rated with one to five stars according to their significance, which determines the depth of coverage. For all artists in SIKART, the database records the name (and any variants), the dates of birth and death, a brief CV, keywords and descriptors, lexica entries, a bibliography and a link to the artist's website (if any). For artists rated with three to five stars, biographical articles of two to four pages in length are also provided, as are digital reproductions of their artworks.

Funding

SIKART is funded by the Swiss Confederation, the Swiss cantons and private donors. As of July 2008, the website can be accessed free of charge. SIAR intends to charge for access at a later date so as to enable SIKART to operate independently of public funding. [ [http://www2.unil.ch/isea/3Services/sprojSIKonline_deu.htm Laufende Forschugsprojekte ] ]

References

*cite news|title=Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft geht online|date=14 February 2006|language=German|publisher=Swissinfo|url=http://www.swissinfo.org/ger/index.html?siteSect=203&sid=6467535
*cite news|title=Schweizer Kunstlexikon online|publisher=Netzwoche|language=German|date=20 February 2006|url=http://www.netzwoche.ch/(S(uwq2wvn04cdwvs55nviaplj2))/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=28271&viewDate=1&Digest=0mtm1fP0aUwK288X9y+fYA

ee also

*List of online encyclopedias

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.sikart.ch SIKART]
* [http://www2.unil.ch/isea/1Portrait/phome_eng.htm Swiss Institute for Art Research]