These images were already in the public domain surely? In the United States you don't get a copyright over a public domain work just be copying it, even if digitally. It was established by Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. in 1999.
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#32These images were already in the public domain surely? In the United States you don't get a copyright over a public domain work just be copying it, even if digitally. It was established by Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. in 1999.
That only applies to 2D works if I remember right. A lot of the MET's collection is 3D. Also many countries don't recognize releasing copyright and actually do acknowledge the sweat of brow doctrine, so this would still be a big win for them. (CC0 defaults to maximum permissiveness if it isn't legally possible to relinquish one's copyright)
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#33These images were already in the public domain surely? In the United States you don't get a copyright over a public domain work just be copying it, even if digitally. It was established by Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. in 1999.
Yes, these images were already in the public domain. It was, however, not easy to find high resolution digital images of them online. This move is about making those images easily available on their website.
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#34I've been looking for more CC0 resources as I've started doing more video editing. This is pretty awesome.
Some other CC0 art/photo websites I've used a lot lately:
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#35Is there a torrent or dump of all the images? I wouldn't mind seeding / helping to keep an archive of all this. This is pretty great!
To scrape, start here http://metmuseum.org/api/collection/collectionlisting?offset... and increase 'offset' by 100. The JSON output contains image URLs. The total number of results is 441048, so finding another endpoint that doesn't enforce a limit of 100 on the 'perPage' argument would be great. --- EDIT: thanks to spitfare, I updated the perPage argument to 100. The site doesn't allow larger values, but that's defi…
Are there any docs for this API? I wish I could filter by artist...
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#36I've been looking for more CC0 resources as I've started doing more video editing. This is pretty awesome. Some other CC0 art/photo websites I've used a lot lately: https://pixabay.com/ https://unsplash.com/
https://search.creativecommons.org/ is also a great meta-search engine.
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#37This is a real treat... I can see Van Gogh like this one http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DT1567.jpg in such detail, without having to go to the museum. With my degrading eye sights, this might even be better than going to museum.
Am not someone who can claim to "get" art. Is there some description someplace that will help interpret the work of art - for the one you've linked to, for example?. A background of the context perhaps?
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#38This is a real treat... I can see Van Gogh like this one http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DT1567.jpg in such detail, without having to go to the museum. With my degrading eye sights, this might even be better than going to museum.
Am not someone who can claim to "get" art. Is there some description someplace that will help interpret the work of art - for the one you've linked to, for example?. A background of the context perhaps?
Here's the page for that painting rather than the direct image link. Lots of notes there :)
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436535?sortBy...
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#39This is a real treat... I can see Van Gogh like this one http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DT1567.jpg in such detail, without having to go to the museum. With my degrading eye sights, this might even be better than going to museum.
Am not someone who can claim to "get" art. Is there some description someplace that will help interpret the work of art - for the one you've linked to, for example?. A background of the context perhaps?
Yes. There are lots of resources that help explain art concepts and particular paintings. Just google them.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Am not someone who can claim to "get" art. Is there some description someplace that will help interpret the work of art - for the one you've linked to, for example?. A background of the context perhaps?
Here's the page for that painting rather than the direct image link. Lots of notes there :) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436535?sortBy...
Thank you!