Wikidata:Eighth Birthday/India/Datathon/Sum of all Indian paintings
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Sum of all Indian paintings is a data-thon, to be conducted by WikiProject India with participants interested in Indian paintings, the output of which will be gifted to Wikidata on 29th October as birthday gift. Sign up and start scoring your contributions here: Wikidata:Eighth Birthday/India/Datathon
- Date: October 12, 2020 00:01 IST to October 28, 2020 23:59 IST.
- Topic: Indian paintings
Interested participants[edit]
Please scoreg your own contributions here: Wikidata:Eighth Birthday/India/Datathon
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- Bodhisattwa (talk) 16:07, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
- Atudu (talk) 15:32, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- Marajozkee (talk) 06:28, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Satdeep Gill (talk) 07:14, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Simranjeet Sidhu (talk) 11:03, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Gill jassu (talk) 11:18, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Mulkh Singh (talk) 11:29, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
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- WikiPanti (talk) 05:35, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
- Jagseer S Sidhu (talk) 13:33, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
- Harriet Vidyasagar Outofindia (talk)
- R Ashwani Banjan Murmu (talk) 01:01, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- Bijendra Hansda Purudhul (talk) 06:10, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- Sangram Keshari Senapati (Gapu) (talk) 13:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- Fagu Baskey (talk) 13:37, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- Tarunsamanta (talk) 04:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Komal Sambhudas (talk) 12:29, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Abhinavgarule (talk) 12:45, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Vijay Barot (talk) 04:07, 12 October 2020 (UTC
- Priyankasingha1811 (talk) 17:19, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Nrgullapalli (talk)
- Bhuvana Meenakshi (talk) 06:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
- Subodh (talk) 05:11, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
- Obaid Raza (talk) 14:40, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
- Nayan j Nath (talk) 03:04, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
Data model[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <instance of> painting | - |
| image | P18 | Commons media file | illustration and image: image of relevant illustration of the subject; if available, also use more specific properties (sample: coat of arms image, locator map, flag image, signature image, logo image, collage image) | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <image> Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foregroundIn 1710 San Diego Museum of Art.jpg | - |
| owned by | P127 | Item | proprietor, property and owned by: owner of the subject | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <owned by> Edwin Binney 3rd | owner of |
| inception | P571 | Point in time | date of establishment: time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use P1619 | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <inception> 1710 | - |
| genre | P136 | Item | genre and by genre: creative work's genre or an artist's field of work (P101). Use main subject (P921) to relate creative works to their topic | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <genre> genre art | - |
| creator | P170 | Item | creator, author, visual artist and software developer: maker of this creative work or other object (where no more specific property exists) | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <creator> anonymous | notable work |
| country of origin | P495 | Item | country of origin: country of origin of this item (creative work, food, phrase, product, etc.) | Bharat Mata <country of origin> British Raj | - |
| depicts | P180 | Item | depicting object: entity visually depicted in an image, literarily described in a work, or otherwise incorporated into an audiovisual or other medium; see also P921, 'main subject' | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <depicts> Aurangzeb | depicted by |
| movement | P135 | Item | cultural movement: literary, artistic, scientific or philosophical movement or scene associated with this person or work. For political ideologies use P1142. | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <movement> Mughal painting | - |
| made from material | P186 | Item | material: material the subject or the object is made of or derived from (do not confuse with P10672 which is used for processes) | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <made from material> watercolor paint | - |
| collection | P195 | Item | collection and editorial collection: art, museum, archival, or bibliographic collection the subject is part of | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <collection> San Diego Museum of Art | - |
| location | P276 | Item | physical location: location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use P131. For statistical entities use P8138. In the case of a geographic entity use P706. Use P7153 for locations associated with the object | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <location> San Diego Museum of Art | - |
| inventory number | P217 | String | accession number: identifier for a physical object or a set of physical objects in a collection | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <inventory number> 1990.366 | - |
| inventory number with qualifier collection | P195 | Item | collection and editorial collection: source of this claim's value | Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foreground <inventory number> 1990.366 <collection> San Diego Museum of Art | - |
unknown painters[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| creator | P170 | Item | creator, author, visual artist and software developer: maker of this creative work or other object (where no more specific property exists) | Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana <creator> anonymous | notable work |
Basholi paintings[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| location of creation | P1071 | Item | place where the item was conceived or made; where applicable, location of final assembly | Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana <location of creation> Basholi | - |
Kalighat paintings[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| location of creation | P1071 | Item | place where the item was conceived or made; where applicable, location of final assembly | Ganesha <location of creation> Kalighat | - |
Mughal paintings[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country of origin | P495 | Item | country of origin: country of origin of this item (creative work, food, phrase, product, etc.) | Bahadur Khan <country of origin> Mughal Empire | - |
Task lists[edit]
 | The numbers in brackets denote the numbers before the datathon. We intend to increase those during the event. |
paintings[edit]
- See Notability on Wikidata. Paintings considered non-notable on Wikipedia may be notable on Wikidata. Notability on Wikidata has no bearing on notability for other Wikimedia projects, though of course there is lots of overlap. Examples are important paintings that are now included on Wiipedia pages for people or places they depict. The Wikipedia language version may not allow two separate pages for the depicted and the painting itself. That is not a problem on Wikidata.
- What is a painting? Many museums call watercolour or gouache paintings "drawings" and they store them the same way. These are less likely to be on display as oil paintings. For Wikimedia projects, coloured paintings are often preferred for illustrations and without metadata we can only guess what they are made of. This is where the metadata becomes important for creating an item. If you know a painting exists, but all you have is a common colour lithograph of it, can youu make an item for that painting? Yes! Who knows, the original may be lost. Just gather all the iterations together and dump them in a Commons category and link the category with an illustration to a painting item (if necessary keep material used=blank or unknown)
- If the museum calls it a drawing, do I use instance of (P31) = painting or drawing? If it's obviously painted, then please use painting. To be tracked by the WD:SOAP project, make sure it's a painting (Q3305213).
- What about copyright? Well copyright is a cutoff date for image (P18) because it is very important on Commons, but it is not a problem for Wikidata! We can add all the other statements besides the P18. See paintings by Pablo Picasso (Q5593) for examples.
- authority file (Q36524) for paintings of India does not really exist. There are lots and lots of art historians throughout the world who started to document various aspects of paintings of India however, so an important contribution is to add items for catalogs of art of India and link them to their art historians. Obviouusly, a Wikipedian will not write about something they don't know exists. By adding the works of art historians and linking them to concepts on Wikidata, it improves discoverability, both for paintings of the past British colonial period and of India today.
creator[edit]
The term for a painter on a painting item is creator (P170). If the painting depicts the painter, it is a self-portrait (Q192110). There are very few self-portraits of painters from India, because portraiture was traditionally not a strong part of painting tradition there.
- Add creator (P170) to items for paintings by different artists:
- Amrita Sher-Gil (9) - Find paintings and add creator (P170) Amrita Sher-Gil (Q150312)
- Jamini Roy (59) - Find paintings and add creator (P170) Jamini Roy (Q3595454)
- Nandalal Bose (15) - Find paintings and add creator (P170) Nandalal Bose (Q3348980)
- Rabindranath Tagore (4) - Find paintings and add creator (P170) Rabindranath Tagore (Q7241)
- Raja Ravi Varma (12) (check this Commons category) - Add creator (P170) Raja Ravi Varma (Q333453)
depicts[edit]
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings of people:
- from the Mughal era (17)
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings of Hindu deities:
- Vishnu (18)
- (avatars of Vishnu) (130)
- Shiva (17)
- Brahma (8)
- Ganesha (11)
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings of mythological characters:
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings of places in different parts of India:
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings located in museums:
- at Victoria Memorial (17)
painting schools[edit]
- Mughal paintings (2) (check this Commons category) - Add movement (P135) Mughal painting (Q1049336)
- Rajputana paintings (0) (check this Commons category) - Add location of creation (P1071) Rajputana (Q3929733) if can't be pin-point exactly.
- Kalighat paintings (3) (check this Commons category) - Add movement (P135) Kalighat painting (Q6352595)
painting genres[edit]
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The genre is often obvious and sometimes it is stated in collection metadata. Often it is listed along with format information for round or rectangular framed paintings. The genre is not the format. Here is a selection of popular genres. Paintings depicting daily life are confusingly called "genre paintings".
- still life = still life (Q170571)
- portrait = portrait (Q134307)
- Self-portrait = self-portrait (Q192110)
- flower bouquet = floral painting (Q12303833)
- genre art = genre art (Q1047337)
- landscape art = landscape art (Q191163)
- religious art= religious art (Q2864737)
- mythological painting= mythological painting (Q3374376)
- history painting = history painting (Q742333)
- seascape = marine art (Q158607)
museum collections[edit]
- National Museum, Delhi (30) (check this Commons category)
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (19)
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore (0)
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (0)
- Former London museum "India Museum", founded by the East India Company in 1798, is now part of the V&A, see Guide to the India Museum and Indian Objects and Working in and with India
painters of India[edit]
Painters of India could be from anywhere in the world, including India. Many early portraits and landscapes were painted by British explorers, and various Western collections in have included such paintings under an "Asian art" category, while these paintings are decidedly painted in the Western art tradition. On Wikidata, all of these can be created and treated the same, no matter what the metadata reflects.
- Add occupation (P106) painter (Q1028181)
- Indian painters (362)
- British Indian painters (237)
location of creation[edit]
- India (1199) Replace location of creation (P1071) India (Q668) to village or towns or cities or kingdoms or states, whichever seems fit. Pin-point to the lowest possible location as far as possible.
Commons structured data[edit]
- Add structured data to Wikidata from Commons (if the file has a Qid)
- Note: If you already know that the Commons file is from a collection previously mass uploaded to Wikidata, then search for its Qid and add the image to the item (if it lacks an image) and add the Qid to the Commons file using the artwork template and "|wikidata=Qid"
- Add structured data to Commons from Wikidata (if the item has a image (P18))
Wikidata items from Commons images[edit]
- Create an item from a Commons image in use on a Wikipedia project. Tip: go to a Wikipedia page illustrated with an Indian painting and click through on the painting to go to the Commons file and scroll to the bottom to see all the non-Commons wikimedia projects it is used on. If it is already used on Wikidata, is it used as an illustration or is it the subject of the item? If it doesn't have its own item yet, then it is a candidate for creation because you can link it back to the item for the original article. This specific case is very common for portraits of people who have their portrait as an illustration of their Wikipedia biography page.
- Check the file does not already have a Qid by searching it's collection or creator on Wikidata
- Find the metadata for the file from the Wikipedia article using it, or its collection (generally linked in the Commons file)
- Create the item by hand, filling in label & description, and adding statements for collection (P195), creator (P170), and image (P18). Alternatively, using Quick statements
- Add depicts (P180) statements to the item
- Add owned by (P127) statements to the item if previous owners than the current collection are known (generally the last owner is in the collection credit line)
- Add material used (oil paint or gouache) and measurements if known
- Add inception with precision or circa/earliest/latest
- Add genre, movement, main subject
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Paintings that depict Indian women[edit]
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings of Hindu deities:
- Add depicts (P180) to items for paintings of mythological characters
Female painters from India[edit]
- Look out for more female painters and add occupation (P106) painter (Q1028181)
- Indian painters (68)
- British Indian painters (22)
- Look out for paintings created by female painters
- Indian painters (19)
- British Indian painters (19)
Resource pages[edit]
- Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings
- Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Location/India
- Paintings from and of India uploaded on Wikimedia Commons.