Identifying the most important artists in a historical context: Methods used and initial results

Historical Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 118-125

  O'Hagan, John ^a   Kelly, Elish ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Geographic concentration; Labor mobility; Ranking; Visual artists

Indexed keywords

ART; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 27144507854     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/HMTS.38.3.118-125     Document Type: Article

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