French-language art critics bibliographies dataset

French-language art critics active between the mid-19^th and 20^th centuries (see http://critiquesdart.univ-paris1.fr/en). Each author’s page displays their primary and secondary bibliographies and identified archival sources. These documents are based on extensive research to produce primary bibliographies that can be considered to be comprehensive. For those writers whose complete works have been published, only their writing on art is listed. This online directory doubles as a database of primary bibliographies for the critics listed.

This dataset is neutral and non-discriminating, with no typology or classification other than the text format. It is multidisciplinary and makes no claim to assess the critical value of a text, preferring to provide as comprehensive an overview as possible of the authors’ literary output in whatever field (literature, art, politics, history, etc.) or medium (photography, film, fine arts, architecture, etc.) their interest encompassed.

Since these authors all wrote in French, they come from the artistic scenes in France, Belgium and Switzerland, not to mention the colonies of the period. Authors who wrote in more than one language are also included.

Our intention is to showcase research into art criticism, improve access to the documents and create links between researchers. The site will be gradually updated and enriched by the addition of further authors and greater detail for its current bibliographies.

Full mysql database : "critiquesdart_08_02_2022.sql", see https://doi.org/10.7202/1079443ar for more details (in french).

Data set 1 : " database_journal_list.csv " description (en/fr) :

description of the fields:

• "title": title of the journal
• "ISSN": International identifier for serial publications
• "temporal_cover": Start and end dates of publication
• "city": place of publication, if known, otherwise NULL

descriptif des champs :

• "titre":     titre de la revue
• "ISSN":     Identifiant International des publications en série
• "couverture_temporelle":     Dates de début et de fin de publication
• "ville":     lieu de publication, si connu, sinon NULL

Dataset 2 : " Notices_critiques.csv " description (en/fr) : list of all the critics in the database (see http://critiquesdart.univ-paris1.fr/annuaire_critiques.php).

description of the fields:

• "id": identifier in the database
• "first name": First name of the author, if known, otherwise empty
• "name": Author's last name
• "birth": Year of birth
• "death": date of death
• "ISNI": International Standard Name Identifying people

descriptif des champs :

• "id ":     identifiant dans la base
• "prenom ":     Prénom de l'auteur, si connu, sinon vide
• "nom":     Nom de famille de l'auteur
• "naissance":     Année de naissance
• "mort":     date de mort
• "ISNI":     International Standard Name Identifier des personnes

Dataset 3 : "full_notices_dataset.csv"  description (en/fr) :   List of all the notices

description of the fields:

• "critical_id": id of the review in the database
• "title": title of the review
• "subtitle": subtitle of the review, otherwise NULL
• "type": type of criticism
• "author_id": author's id in the database
• "name": name of the author reviewer
• "first name": first name of the author critic
• "annee_ouvrage": year of publication if the review is a work or part of a work, otherwise NULL
• "coordinator": potential coordinator of the structure, otherwise NULL
• "titre_ouvrage": title of the work if the review is an article, otherwise NULL
• "annee_periodique *": year of publication if the review is an article, otherwise NULL
• "periodic_title": name of the journal if the review is an article, otherwise NULL
• "city": place of publication, if known, otherwise NULL

descriptif des champs :

• "id_critique":     id de la critique dans la base
• "titre":     titre de la critique
• "sous titre":     sous titre de la critique, sinon NULL
• "type":     type de critique
• "id_auteur":     id de l'auteur dans la base
• "nom":     nom du critique auteur
• "prenom":     prénom du critique auteur
• "annee_ouvrage":     année de parution si la critique est un ouvrage ou partie d'un ouvrage, sinon NULL
• "coordonateur":     coordonateur potentiel de l'ouvrage, sinon NULL
• "titre_ouvrage":     titre de l'ouvrage si la critique est un article, sinon NULL
• "annee_periodique *":     année de parution si la critique est un article, sinon NULL
• "titre_periodique":     nom de la revue si la critique est un article, sinon NULL
• "ville":     lieu de publication, si connu, sinon NULL