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Re: Amazon launches Amazon Art marketplace

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Post by adregan »

I wonder what the Artsy (http://artsy.net/) folks think of this?

I won't speak to the quality of art on the Amazon site as I browsed rather shallowly and don't have anything nice to say. Rather I will comment on the presentation.

This is certainly a time when Amazon's one size fits all store presentation falls flat. There is a whole field of expertise involving the presentation of art, and they haven't done a great job of making it look appealing.

Then again, maybe it's appropriate that a search for Warhol paintings share a layout with a search for Campbell's soup:

Warhol: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D6685299011...

Soup: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_hi_4?rh=n%3A16310101%2Cn%3A64...

Edit: adding a link to Arsty for those who are unfamiliar.

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Post by mapleoin »

hesslau wrote: post #2

quick question: does anyone know of a service that serves free (as in »free beer«) art (paintings, photography, illustrations etc.) to download in high resolution so you can print them yourself?

Wikipedia? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Van_Gogh_...

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Post by loceng »

adregan wrote: post #3

I wonder what the Artsy ( http://artsy.net/ ) folks think of this? I won't speak to the quality of art on the Amazon site as I browsed rather shallowly and don't have anything nice to say. Rather I will comment on the presentation. This is certainly a time when Amazon's one size fits all store presentation falls flat. There is a whole field of expertise involving the presentation of art, and they haven't done a great…

I want to agree, but I can't help but not find their current layout to fit perfectly with what and how people will experience the Amazon shopping experience. If people are reviewing / analyzing art to potentially buy / see how much they like it, they aren't going to be in a mindset to take in the whole viewing area - they will be focused on the bounds of the art, else they will shop differently and perhaps not be able to appreciate the art if and once they had it on their own wall - because unless they live in an art gallery, there will be other living things around them, and so they would need to focus on the art within the same scope of view.

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Post by rorrr2 »

hesslau wrote: post #2

quick question: does anyone know of a service that serves free (as in »free beer«) art (paintings, photography, illustrations etc.) to download in high resolution so you can print them yourself?

Google images is great for that. Search by keywords, then set the minimum resolution under "Search Tools". 8 megapixels should be enough for a good print. 20 megapixels - for huge ones.

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Post by jdmitch »

This seems pretty incredible, unless there is something not entirely straightforward about who has actually made them. $1200-$2000 for an original limited edition Salvador Dali or Marc Chagall print, seems like a steal. Maybe I just don't know much about how less rare artworks of well-known artists tend to be priced though...
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