The history of artworks is linked. They were produced by the same artists, traded by the same dealers, collected by the same people, transferred, looted or confiscated by the same entities while eventually finding their permanent home in the same museums—or not. To date, these links across museum collections are only visible to the few experts s…[Read more]

Cultural heritage institutions have a great deal to gain from deeply engaging in the networked environment. They have poured many resources in the digitization of their collections for the benefit of their audiences, from students to experts, who want to have access to more online material of a higher quality. The current landscape of cultural…[Read more]

This is a short demonstration accompanying a poster with the same title, which can be found at: https://hcommons-staging.org/deposits/item/hc:31987

A longer video introducing the study, along with additional materials, can be found at: https://um.web.ox.ac.uk/lohengrin

We introduce a tablet based interactive application which presents a comprehensive digital exploration as a companion to a musicological article. Taking the opera Lohengrin, the article and digital companion show how one motive is altered each time it recurs, reflecting its role in the drama, and exploring Wagner’s sophisticated treatment of r…[Read more]