Only works on High Sierra. Any plans to add compatibility with prior OS's?
I can compile it to run with older macOS versions, but I won’t be able to test it. What version are you running?
Show HN: A Native Art Gallery for the Mac
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Lessee... * "The Seasons: Autumn" — Alphonse Mucha * "A Winding Road" — Sir Matthew Smith * "Town View, Bogneux" — Anton Lindforss * "Sea and Sky" — Rafael Martínez Padilla * "The Ninth Wave" — Ivan Aivazovsky * "Forever with Moscow. Forever with the Russian People" — Mikhail Khmelko * "Tsar Dadon Before the Shemakha Queen" — Ivan Bilibin * "Paysage" — Jean Metzinger
Are they bundled with the app when it is purchased via the App Store? If not, I think that would be a good idea. As for the app itself - it looks very good. Well done!
I would also like to know this or if you can upload somewhere
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#63I see these kind of projects often, and I’m not sure how I feel about them. Art is more than just something nice to look at. By turning these pieces of art into wallpapers, it feels like the meaning, context, and significance are being stripped away. And you are missing the entire point. I could be entirely wrong as I’m no art expert.
I've recently been entranced by the late works of Wayne Thiebaud[1], to the point of checking out his collections at the library and meticulously scanning them in at home. Reading about the context and inspiration behind some of his pieces was illuminating, sure; but I still get the same feeling looking at his art even with this new information as I did when it first caught my eye at SFMOMA. To me, the aesthetic and…
I agree with you on the point that aesthetic and emotional impact of the art is important, but I feel like having it as a wallpaper kind of takes that experience away. I think one has to be in a particular mood and mindset to really take that in. But having art as a wallpaper... I guess I am skeptical that the times between switching apps is the right time to take that all in.
Thank you for sharing that link! I remember seeing his work before at de Young museum and it brought back some memories :)
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I've recently been entranced by the late works of Wayne Thiebaud[1], to the point of checking out his collections at the library and meticulously scanning them in at home. Reading about the context and inspiration behind some of his pieces was illuminating, sure; but I still get the same feeling looking at his art even with this new information as I did when it first caught my eye at SFMOMA. To me, the aesthetic and…
I agree with you on the point that aesthetic and emotional impact of the art is important, but I feel like having it as a wallpaper kind of takes that experience away. I think one has to be in a particular mood and mindset to really take that in. But having art as a wallpaper... I guess I am skeptical that the times between switching apps is the right time to take that all in. Thank you for sharing that link! I remem…
I guess I don't really see it as a wallpaper anymore, but an on-demand art gallery that just happens to be built using the wallpaper cycling functionality of macOS. My desktop is covered by windows 99% of the time anyway!
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Is this something you would care to share? This would be ideal for watching Wong Kar-wai films.
Sure, send me a mail at the address in my profile. I'll dig up the code tomorrow.
For posterity GitHub link is here:
https://github.com/choongng/passage