This paper presents the rationale, genesis, and applications of Project Cornelia, an ongoing computational art history project developed by a cross-disciplinary team at the KU Leuven (University of Leuven). It shares practical perspectives acquired while conceptualizing and unfolding the project and discusses successes as well as challenges and setbacks. In doing so, this paper is a cautionary tale for art historians entering the digital arena. However, it is also an invitation to connect to Project Cornelia. Art historians seeking to avoid heavy start-up costs and willing to embed their research in a larger empirical and theoretical framework can easily share their data and use Cornelia’s data and tools to further their and our understanding of the genesis and governance of early modern creative communities and industries.

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缓慢的数字艺术史在行动：科妮莉亚项目对 17 世纪佛兰德创意社区的计算方法

本文介绍了 Project Cornelia 的原理、起源和应用，这是一个由 KU Leuven（鲁汶大学）的跨学科团队开发的正在进行的计算艺术史项目。它分享了在概念化和展开项目时获得的实际观点，并讨论了成功以及挑战和挫折。在此过程中，本文对进入数字领域的艺术史学家来说是一个警示故事。然而，这也是连接到科妮莉亚计划的邀请。寻求避免沉重的启动成本并愿意将他们的研究嵌入更大的经验和理论框架的艺术史学家可以轻松共享他们的数据并使用 Cornelia 的数据和工具来加深他们和我们对早期现代创意社区的起源和治理的理解和行业。