Specification

Main features

1. Scope: Time-frame: 1000-1975, extending from the beginning of art up to the middle of the 20th century, covering painting and sculpture of all types and some of the applied arts, too. Artists: all significant artists (not only Hungarians) who worked within the historical borders of the country and exerted an influence on the development of art.
2. Images: Over 5.100 full screen images (in February 2004).
3. Text: Artist biographies (in February 2004 around 450), fundamental data (author, date, technique, size, location) of the art objects, commentaries.
4. Guided tours: Various itineraries through the collection for studying different aspects of art (an artist, a style, a time period, a genre, etc.).
5. Special exhibitions Virtual versions of real exhibitions made in co-operation with art organizations (Hungarian National Gallery, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, etc.).
6. Navigation: Simple, user-friendly system with navigation tools always present at the top and the bottom of the screen; powerful search engine with advanced search capability.
7. Services: Free postcard service, any images displayed in the gallery can be sent as virtual postcard composed by the sender; downloadable catalogue for off-line searches; guestbook and e-mail connection.
8. Accessories: Glossary of art terms; table for identification of historical and present names of localities with importance in art history; list of Hungarian art museums; list of related art websites.
9. Language: Two identical versiona in Hungarian and in English.

Technical data

1. Images: JPEG format with IJG 67 compression, typical size 100-200 kbyte, 800-1000 pixel, resolution optimized for screen (not suitable for printed publications).
2. Software: Static HTML pages with JavaScripts; cgi scripts running on the server.
3. Disk space: About 1 GByte used on the server.

Unique features

1. Special scripts: Image viewer with zooming (25-200%) capability; bookmarking and printing from frame structure; spam filter for the guestbook.
2. Twin-window view: Two copies of the collection can be run independently in the left and right side of the vertically divided screen. Links can be directed from one side to the other by the visitor.
3. Connecting images and textual information: Text information in the comment block of the JPEG image, downloaded images contain the relevant textual information, too.