Data Dictionary:
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
artist_name |
The name of each artist. | String |
edition_number |
The edition number of the textbook from either Janson's History or Art or Gardner's Art Through the Ages. | Categorical |
year |
The year of publication for a given edition of Janson or Gardner. | Date |
artist_nationality |
The nationality of a given artist. | Categorical |
artist_nationality_other |
The nationality of the artist. Of the total count of artists through all editions of Janson's History of Art and Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 77.32% account for French, Spanish, British, American and German. Therefore, the categorical strings of this variable are French, Spanish, British, American, German and Other | Categorical |
artist_gender |
The gender of the artist. | Categorical |
artist_race |
The race of the artist | Categorical |
artist_race_nwi |
The non-white indicator for artist race, meaning if an artist's race is denoted as either white or non-white. | Indicator |
artist_ethnicity |
The ethnicity of the artist. | Categorical |
book |
Which book, either Janson or Gardner the particular artist at that particular time was included. | Categorical |
space_ratio_per_page_total |
The area in centimeters squared of both the text and the figure of a particular artist in a given edition of Janson's History of Art divided by the area in centimeters squared of a single page of the respective edition. This variable is continuous. | Numerical |
artist_unique_id |
The unique identifying number assigned to artists across books is denoted in alphabetical order. This variable is discrete. | Numerical String |
moma_count_to_year |
The total count of exhibitions ever held by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) of a particular artist at a given year of publication. This variable is discrete. | Numerical |
whitney_count_to_year |
The count of exhibitions held by The Whitney of a particular artist at a particular moment of time, as highlighted by year. This variable in discrete. | Numerical |