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Tate Python Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu
Version 2.0.0, created 11/2/2015
Tags: artwork, art, sculpture, tate

Overview

Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. The collection embraces all media, from painting, drawing, sculpture and prints to photography, video and film, installation and performance. This dataset is not ordered in any particular way. This dataset has metadata about many pieces from their collection.

http://www.tate.org.uk/about/our-work/collection/about-the-collection

Explore Structure

Each row represents $MISSING_FIELD.

Index Type Example Value
0 dict { }
1 dict (same structure)
2 dict (same structure)
... ... ...
Key Type Example Value Description
"artist" dict { }
"data" dict { }
"dimensions" dict { }
"metadata" dict { }
Key Type Example Value Description
"gender" str "Female" $MISSING_FIELD
"name" str "Abakanowicz, Magdalena" $MISSING_FIELD
"role" str "artist" $MISSING_FIELD
"birth" dict { }
"death" dict { }
Key Type Example Value Description
"medium" str "Burlap and resin" $MISSING_FIELD
"thumbnail" str "http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T12/T12981_8.jpg" $MISSING_FIELD
"title" str "Backs" $MISSING_FIELD
"url" str "http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/abakanowicz-backs-t12981" $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"depth" float 0.0 $MISSING_FIELD
"height" float 0.0 $MISSING_FIELD
"width" float 0.0 $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"acquisition date" int 2009 $MISSING_FIELD
"creation decade" int 1970 $MISSING_FIELD
"creation year" int 1976 $MISSING_FIELD
"credit" str "Presented anonymously 2009" $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"location" str "Polska" $MISSING_FIELD
"year" int 1930 $MISSING_FIELD
Key Type Example Value Description
"location" str "" $MISSING_FIELD
"year" int 0 $MISSING_FIELD

Downloads

Download all of the following files.

  1. tate.py
  2. tate.data

Usage

import tate
artwork = tate.get_artwork()

Documentation

get_artwork()
Returns a list of dictionaries representing artwork.