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The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images Online

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Re: The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images Online

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Post by adtac »

matthberg wrote: post #8
tsumnia wrote: post #5

Is there a link to downloading copies of the images?

Here's the link, it's basically their collection page filtered by the ones they released, each artwork page has links to download the image. https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1

Is this down for anybody else?

Re: The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images Online

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Post by sgc »

malshe wrote: post #3

The link to the Art Institute of Chicago: https://www.artic.edu/articles/713/behind-the-scenes-of-the-... From the link: Students, educators, and just regular art lovers might be interested to learn that we’ve released thousands of images in the public domain on the new website in an open-access format (52,438 to be exact, and growing regularly). Made available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license, these ima…

How is it possible to release public domain images using a CC0 license? That sounds completely unenforceable to me.

Re: The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images Online

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Post by sgc »

sizzle wrote: post #27
adriand wrote: post #10

This is pretty incredible. There was once a time when the only way for the average person to see a beautiful painting was to go to church. Later on this role was taken up by art galleries. Now anyone can see this stuff from the comfort of their own home. What do you think this means for the future of art galleries? What are they for ? Different ones are answering this question in different ways. Some are reinventing…

Virtual reality gallery viewing from your living room will be a thing, it's possible now just a matter of time they hook up these databases of art and perfect the gallery viewing experience to make it accessible.

I have long considered buying high end tvs just to use as slide show viewers in my house. I could probably justify it at this point with the number of available high quality images and the quality of screens. But I would really like a 250 ppi+ screen that is 40+ inches to pull the trigger.

Re: The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images Online

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Post by kasey_junk »

forapurpose wrote: post #21
tptacek wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a great museum, among the best museums (full stop) in the country, but it's less than 1/4 of the size of the Met.

True, but after a certain point size doesn't matter for the visitor. I can see only a small fraction of the Met in any visit; IIRC a prior director said he couldn't see the entire collection, including the majority which is not on display at any one time, in his lifetime. If the Met grows, it doesn't change the size from my perspective. If you are interested in specific individual collections then size might matter;…

For the record both the Met & the Art Institute have enough great pieces to last your whole life if you are into contemplation.

For that matter I spent an hour with the Art Institutes paper weight collection one time and felt I learned something.

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