Science holds that there is a central "truth" to every artifact, which is seen as the primary evidence for the specific time period investigated. This is then used in writing cultural histories. Once again, this relates with the above-mentioned assertion by Bassi, that the visual orientation and accurate depiction of recent history via the visual media inspires the same for art from periods before such technological advancements as photographs. This also influences the way in which contemporary art is displayed and viewed.
As such, the contextualization of the narrative in creating historical texts is mutually influencing among the past, present and future, with the present carrying the most influence. Current culture and contextualization necessarily influences interpretations of art from the past, and particularly from the ancient past. In this way, the distance in terms of time and culture is bridged by narrative interpretation and contextualization. Although this may be inaccurate in terms of scientific and photographic requirements, the principles from these disciplines are nonetheless applied towards providing at least consistent speculation.
Baetens & Van Looy (2007) address the concept of art and object in terms of further technological development. In today's world, technology is changing and evolving rapidly. This also influences art, narrative, and the contextualization of these. The obsession with accurately historicizing the ancient past is similarly under the influence of technology, with techniques such as carbon dating used to extract every possible element of information from the artifact under examination. In this way, it can be seen that not only the scientific revolution, but also the Information age, contributes to the narrative of historical texts and artifacts.
Baetens & Van Looy also addres the issue of modern art and how this contextualizes via culture, particularly in the context of digitization. Their article addresses the relationship between digitization and cultural heritage - determining the influence of the one over the other, and how this might be contextualized in terms of culture.
Interestingly, digitization adheres more closely to the paradigm of change than that of fixed and certain knowledge so long pursued by historians and archaeologists. Digitization is fluid, and as such lends itself particularly well to contextualization and interpretation, as both function best as changing processes. Indeed, digitization may lend it self most effectively to object-based narrative in terms of historical accounts for this very reason. History, like art, is dynamic, although this may not appear so at first glance.
It has been seen above that history is viewed through the currently contextual lens. This contextualizes history in terms of the contemporary researcher's life and culture rather than the other way around. Hence, as humanity evolves...
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