After Constable’s Clouds

Elizabeth Mansfield, professor and head of the Department of Art History, and James Wang, distinguished professor of Information Sciences and Technology, have received a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant (DHAG) from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for phase 2 of a project that uses computer-aided image analysis to examine the depiction of clouds in the paintings of John Constable, a 19th-century European artist noted for the striking naturalism of his landscapes.

Project Websites:

• https://sites.psu.edu/constablesclouds/

Project News:

• Art History, IST research project receives second NEH grant to study Constable’s clouds
• Art history, IST faculty win NEH grant to use computer-aided image analysis
• Apollo International Art Magazine