Comments on: Ultra high resolution photos of famous paintings http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902409 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902409 You should see the AIC museum on their free admission nights. It's as crowded as Union Station at rush hour. You should see the AIC museum on their free admission nights. It’s as crowded as Union Station at rush hour.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901900 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901900 It's amazingly addictive to regard to most minute of brush strokes and paint applications of the masters. Even with these macroscopic enlargements, their techniques are still mysterious. Thanks for the post. It’s amazingly addictive to regard to most minute of brush strokes and paint applications of the masters.

Even with these macroscopic enlargements, their techniques are still mysterious.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: rain_globule http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902163 rain_globule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902163 Anybody else think of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPu7ZDDLB54&t=1m30s Anybody else think of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPu7ZDDLB54&t=1m30s

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901912 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901912 May all the painters learn a lot! May all the painters learn a lot!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901915 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901915 Love this, but is there any way to get the full images without the flash interface? I'd kill to be able to make some HD wallpapers out of these. Love this, but is there any way to get the full images without the flash interface? I’d kill to be able to make some HD wallpapers out of these.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901931 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901931 The French museum the Gran Palais just did this really cool interactive Monet website that involves beautiful hi-res shots, too. It's really cool. www.monet2010.com The French museum the Gran Palais just did this really cool interactive Monet website that involves beautiful hi-res shots, too. It’s really cool. http://www.monet2010.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902188 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902188 My first thought was: wow, I'm gonna rip that, print it way big and have a great poster for my apartment. Alas, the watermark militia had planned otherwise. Why is it that the paintings hailed in all quarters as the masterpieces, yes even common human cultural heritage masterpieces, still after hundreds of years aren't available as public domain high res download for printing in whatever size you want whenever you want? My first thought was: wow, I’m gonna rip that, print it way big and have a great poster for my apartment. Alas, the watermark militia had planned otherwise. Why is it that the paintings hailed in all quarters as the masterpieces, yes even common human cultural heritage masterpieces, still after hundreds of years aren’t available as public domain high res download for printing in whatever size you want whenever you want?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901935 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901935 That's probably part of why it's flash... i'm sure the museums are hesitant to giving up the rights :) That’s probably part of why it’s flash… i’m sure the museums are hesitant to giving up the rights :)

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901953 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901953 I go to the museums mainly to learn... I'm the guy who's leaning in as close as possible without actually kissing the canvas and getting beat down by the security guards. However, I do hold my breath. Sure would like to see this applied to some more modern canvases, like say...Leon Kroll, Isaac Israels, Edouard Vysekal, or Clarence Hinkle (a few of my favorites). I go to the museums mainly to learn…

I’m the guy who’s leaning in as close as possible without actually kissing the canvas and getting beat down by the security guards. However, I do hold my breath.

Sure would like to see this applied to some more modern canvases, like say…Leon Kroll, Isaac Israels, Edouard Vysekal, or Clarence Hinkle (a few of my favorites).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901955 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901955 *Do* they have the rights, though? IANAL, but I thought most museums were tax-supported, which means that *we* own them. And besides, these pictures are *centuries* old for crying out loud. There's got to be some sort of statute of limitations here. Certainly 100+ year-old books, etc, are widely considered public domain -- why not art? *Do* they have the rights, though? IANAL, but I thought most museums were tax-supported, which means that *we* own them.

And besides, these pictures are *centuries* old for crying out loud. There’s got to be some sort of statute of limitations here. Certainly 100+ year-old books, etc, are widely considered public domain — why not art?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902231 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902231 what I find interesting about this is that I saw this painting in person a few years ago and was shocked at how absolutely filthy it is. I'm not talking about expected aging--it's literally coveredn in black grime . It makes me wonder how much of what you're seeing here is real. what I find interesting about this is that I saw this painting in person a few years ago and was shocked at how absolutely filthy it is. I’m not talking about expected aging–it’s literally coveredn in black grime . It makes me wonder how much of what you’re seeing here is real.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901992 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901992 http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml

]]> By: DancingNoDancing http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902011 DancingNoDancing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902011 See also the work of <a href="http://www.imaging4art.com">imaging4art.com</a>. He does mostly large private collections in the U.S, including plenty of recent works like those knoxblox wants to see. See also the work of imaging4art.com. He does mostly large private collections in the U.S, including plenty of recent works like those knoxblox wants to see.

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902289 jimkirk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902289 Anon @7: HD image for wallpaper: here's one example... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/The_Birth_of_Venus.jpg 1920 x 1200 pixels, not too shabby. Anon @7: HD image for wallpaper: here’s one example…

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/The_Birth_of_Venus.jpg

1920 x 1200 pixels, not too shabby.

]]> By: JayByrd http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902810 JayByrd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902810 When I was in art school, we called it "Venus on the Halfshell." When I was in art school, we called it “Venus on the Halfshell.”

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902306 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902306 No, but I am now. Thanks! No, but I am now. Thanks!

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902867 Thorzdad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902867 This is incredibly cool! Not just for the gorgeous classic images themselves, but also for the treat of them actually being high-resolution. Far too often on the web, we see 72ppi images being touted as being "high resolution" simply because they are huge images. It's really cool to be able to browse actual high-rez images like these. This is incredibly cool! Not just for the gorgeous classic images themselves, but also for the treat of them actually being high-resolution. Far too often on the web, we see 72ppi images being touted as being “high resolution” simply because they are huge images. It’s really cool to be able to browse actual high-rez images like these.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901856 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901856 This is impressive technology. . .and such a beautiful painting. But the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, no? This is impressive technology. . .and such a beautiful painting. But the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, no?

]]> By: Lilting Missive http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901862 Lilting Missive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901862 Amazing. Now I can finally find all the proof I need for my conspiracy theories about ancient world orders without ever even leaving my desk. Hooray for confirmation bias. Amazing.

Now I can finally find all the proof I need for my conspiracy theories about ancient world orders without ever even leaving my desk.

Hooray for confirmation bias.

]]> By: Thad E Ginataom http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902120 Thad E Ginataom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902120 "magazine and book printing are typically 300ppi" Oh, the ravages of the digital age! Mark, as I'm sure you know, magazines and books do not have pixels: they have dots! “magazine and book printing are typically 300ppi”

Oh, the ravages of the digital age!

Mark, as I’m sure you know, magazines and books do not have pixels: they have dots!

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-902635 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902635 That's been egg tempera-ed. I can tell by the brush strokes. If you zoom in all the way you can see the craqueleur! I'd also love to see van Eyck and other Northern European artists from the 15th and 16th centuries put online the same way or Carl V's Los Honores tapestries from the Escorial. That’s been egg tempera-ed. I can tell by the brush strokes.

If you zoom in all the way you can see the craqueleur!

I’d also love to see van Eyck and other Northern European artists from the 15th and 16th centuries put online the same way or Carl V’s Los Honores tapestries from the Escorial.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901879 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901879 That's the Birth of Venus, not La Primavera. That’s the Birth of Venus, not La Primavera.

]]> By: CatherineCC http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/ultra-high-resolutio.html#comment-901883 CatherineCC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901883 lol. That is all. lol.
That is all.

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