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The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage under the Korea Heritage Service on Nov. 27 said it provided data on 400 domestic artists to Getty Vocabularies, which are run and managed by the Los Angeles-based Getty Research Institute (pictured).

By Xu Aiying

Photos = National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage

Biographical data on hundreds of domestic artists is now available on Getty Vocabularies, a U.S.-based online platform for art history terminology.

The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) under the Korea Heritage Service on Nov. 27 said it provided such information on 400 Korean artists to the platform, which is run and managed by the Los Angeles-based Getty Research Institute.

Those searching for major Korean artists in Getty Vocabularies can search for facts about a person like name, life in art, affiliations, nationality and gender. NRICH said it provided the data to enable global searches in English and Korean as well as in Chinese script.

This comparison of search results for Joseon Dynasty scholar and artist Kim Jeong-hui (penname Chusa) shows the results before (left) and after (right) data was sent to the Getty Vocabularies database ULAN.

Since last year, NRICH has compiled data meeting international standards on Korean art heritage and artists and reflected it in ULAN, a Getty Vocabularies database of biographical information on artists.

Next month, NRICH will provide searchable information on another 700 Korean artists.

The institute will also discuss an international service for digital data on domestic art heritage held by NRICH through the Getty Research Portal, which offers free digital materials on art history from participating institutions around the world.

As an online platform for art history terminology that systematically manages data under international standards, Getty Vocabularies are used by major museums, art galleries and art researchers in searches for art history terms.

xuaiy@korea.kr