Schermi catturati: risorse collaterali nei progetti di Digital Humanities

Screenshots are generally low-resolution images, commonly used as quick tools for annotating and recording digital content. Their use, however, acquires a specific methodological relevance in contexts where it becomes necessary to document works that are accessible exclusively through digital interfaces. Within the field of Digital Humanities, and particularly in Digital Art History, screen capture practices occupy a zone of tension between documentation strategies and copyright constraints, raising questions about the limits and conditions of their legitimate use as research resources. This study examines the theoretical framework surrounding screenshot practices in the context of Digital Humanities, focusing on the specificity of these meta-images which, beyond functioning as a form of parallel cataloguing of artworks, constitute an original repository for the perception of digital artistic images, apprehended in their collateral and remediated dimension.