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The featured pic - El Greco's "The Vision of St. John" is one that really caught my and my daughter's eye.
ps. For another museum that has put most (all?) online see the the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
> free to download in high resolution from the Met’s website, no permission required. Am I missing something, or is this not true. The pics I've seen are under 100KB.
The first I found is 3871x2635 pixels, 2.7MB [1]. I always find these archives very difficult to navigate, though. [1] http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55612
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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?
> Am not someone who can claim to "get" art (All IMHO, and sorry if it states things you already know:) I 'get' art, and I'll say that 'getting' art is a misunderstood, over-emphasized concept. Find works that move you, that challenge your perspective. Who cares what everyone else thinks or likes? Find your art. Art is in the eye of the beholder; don't worry too much about the artist's intentions - they lost that con…
Wow; I visited the The Met for the first time ever only last week. The featured pic - El Greco's "The Vision of St. John" is one that really caught my and my daughter's eye. ps. For another museum that has put most (all?) online see the the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
I'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/
I actually created a meta search engine for high quality cc0 photos, its called librestock. check it out :) http://librestock.com
This 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.
Unless you have a really big monitor, like 40" or so, nothing compares to the real thing. I once saw a Rothko and my jaw dropped to the floor. The thing was so imposing, not only the theme was captivating but the sheer size of the picture made it look grandiose in every sense. The same goes for Pollock's artworks, some Picassos and so on.
This 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?
What is the artist trying to say?
Have they said it well?
Was it worth saying?
These are of course highly subjective. Your answers may be very different from those of others and even from the artist themselves. And that's fine.
These questions can also springboard your curiosity if you allow it. What was the artist trying to say? How can I tell? What can I read to help understand the context within which the artist was working? This can be a lovely, deep, rich contemplation if you choose. You can set your own pace, and decide when you have had your fill.
Wow; I visited the The Met for the first time ever only last week. The featured pic - El Greco's "The Vision of St. John" is one that really caught my and my daughter's eye. ps. For another museum that has put most (all?) online see the the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
I didn't know that abou the Rijksmuseum, that's very cool. Had a lot of fun spending a day there last year on vacation. Do you know if the ship models are included?
I'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/
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Also hard to see the depth of some of those brush strokes in the flat scan. Some of them are quite thick.
This. No 2D image of most of van Gogh's paintings can match the real thing because the 3D texture of the paint is such an integral part of the experience. I discovered this when I visited the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. The 2D representations look lifeless to me now that I know how much more visceral the paintings are when viewed in real life.