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Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

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Re: Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

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Post by egeozcan »

magicalhippo wrote: post #8
lostlogin wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I spoke French, this might be easier. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a translation built in, but I can’t find it.

Firefox's translation function, which is on-device[1], worked well for me. You can explore the collection here[2] it seems. [1]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/translate/ [2]: https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/auteur/91977?field...

When I manually edited the url,

https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/auteur/91977?field...

worked for me. The URL otherwise doesn't get updated correctly.

Re: Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

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Post by brettermeier »

magicalhippo wrote: post #8
lostlogin wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I spoke French, this might be easier. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a translation built in, but I can’t find it.

Firefox's translation function, which is on-device[1], worked well for me. You can explore the collection here[2] it seems. [1]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/translate/ [2]: https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/auteur/91977?field...

Thank you for the link!

Re: Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

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Post by _ache_ »

chrisstu wrote: post #10

Sorry to be that guy, but this site is terrible to navigate as a non-French speaker. I'm not sure it would be that great as a French speaker. I've seen online archives from other Museums that do a far better job of making their exhibits more accessible.

As a French guy. It mostly works for French speakers.

It's developed by an under-financed public service. Also, as a client, they are artists with no knowledge of accessibility and no clear view of what they need.

Re: Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

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Post by thomasahle »

Timshel wrote: post #16

Honestly the image are absolute crap. You'll probably find better using image search ... Like: https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/figure-mp1990-16 vs https://www.museedegrenoble.fr/oeuvre/43/1922-figure.htm

Or if you want more saturation: https://www.amazon.com/Abstract-Painting-Interior-Paintings-...

Re: Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

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Post by ghostly_s »

lostlogin wrote: post #6
brettermeier wrote: post #4

Does someone know where to find the photos of his art on the archive? ( https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/ ) I can't find it there...

If I spoke French, this might be easier. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a translation built in, but I can’t find it.

There is a language toggle button in the bottom right corner, but at least on my mobile device it is entirely obscured by the cookie disclosure button. And worse, the search seems entirely broken if you switch the site to English- I got no results searching eg. for everything in the "Painting" category.

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Post by coldcode »

chrisstu wrote: post #10

Sorry to be that guy, but this site is terrible to navigate as a non-French speaker. I'm not sure it would be that great as a French speaker. I've seen online archives from other Museums that do a far better job of making their exhibits more accessible.

The ENG button on the bottom left only seems to translate basic boilerplate, not any description or other content. Browsers do a decent job of translation.

But the only thing you can do is search for stuff, there is no way to browse at all that is obvious to me. I prefer looking at Google Arts & Culture which is often well designed and photographed.

I am sure some poorly paid contractor built this site.

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Post by yoyopa »

chrisstu wrote: post #10

Sorry to be that guy, but this site is terrible to navigate as a non-French speaker. I'm not sure it would be that great as a French speaker. I've seen online archives from other Museums that do a far better job of making their exhibits more accessible.

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