Exploring Art Data was a series of Digital Art History (Art History Computing) blog posts from 2010-2012.
In them I examined datasets from a number of sources describing museum collections, artistic careers, government policy, and artworks themselves, mostly using the R programming language.
It led to the creation of the R Cultural Analytics library.
The Articles
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2012/05/21/exploring_art_data_24/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/10/16/exploring_art_data_23/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/10/15/exploring_art_data_22/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/10/08/exploring_art_data_21/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/10/02/exploring_art_data_20/
[18 and 19 were not published]
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/02/10/exploring_art_data_17/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/01/30/exploring_art_data_16/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/01/26/exploring_art_data_15/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2011/01/08/exploring_art_data_14/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/31/exploring_art_data_13/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/26/exploring_art_data_12/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/26/exploring_art_data_11/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/25/exploring_art_data_10/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/24/exploring_art_data_9/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/23/exploring_art_data_8/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/19/exploring_art_data_7/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/12/15/exploring_art_data_6/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/11/29/exploring_art_data_5/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/11/24/exploring_art_data_4/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/11/21/exploring_art_data_3/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/11/16/exploring_art_history_data_2/
http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho/2010/11/14/exploring_art_history_data/