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I just don't think it's a very good way to browse for art. That said, if you know specifically what you want, it's a pretty good way to connect with galleries.
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?
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…
The only thing I discovered after browsing through that site is that I am too poor to own art.
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...
If you refine your search to exclude prints, you can find original Dali for $78,500[1]. I'm not finding a lot of information on the "limited" nature of many of these lithographs, though. 1: http://www.amazon.com/Baie-Port-Lligat-LHomme-Croix/dp/B00E1...
The only thing I discovered after browsing through that site is that I am too poor to own art.
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…
Probably not much. After a certain amount, selling art is a relationship business and the seller's reputation is paramount. Artsy is very well connected and do a great job in their presentation.