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Knowledge Organization System Of Visual Art Resources In West Bengal:A Study, Sudipta Shee

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: Visual art resource collections specially art works like, painting, sculpture, installation art form are totally ignored for retrieving this kind of information sources. The main concept of visual art resource is visual form and esthetic value of non textual content. They kept in museums and art galleries. West Bengal is a cultural hub of visual art resources. There are many art museum and art gallery which preserves art resources. Transforming visual code into written code and visual information into textual description is very challenging work. Content of painting, sculpture or installation arts are significant challenges to concept-based indexing. The …