Comments on: Albrecht Dürer's Young Hare on Google Art Project

By: noah django

noah django — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:23:00 +0000

（｀ー´）ヘヘーン
Durer was such a boss

By: kiptw

kiptw — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:15:00 +0000

Amen that! I just lost an hour wandering through favorite museums looking for favorite pieces.

By: yadayada

yadayada — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:24:00 +0000

I sense a new internet meme. Quick, copyright it!

By: boloid97

boloid97 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:01:00 +0000

You know what else is zoomable? A single large, downloadable image. But that would be silly.

By: Trefunk

Trefunk — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:21:00 +0000

Imagine the lolcats he could’ve created. LolDürers.

By: Martin Rusis

Martin Rusis — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:13:00 +0000

Ahhh, Durer … however I want to see his engraving of this famous olde worlde folk devil.

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:05:00 +0000

Even the whiskers have directional shading on them.

Maybe he could have sold it for more if the rabbit had been praying.

By: pKp

pKp — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:59:00 +0000

I love Google Art Project ! It’s one of these Google products that were forgotten too soon. Having hi-rez images of these masterpieces is just absolutely fantastic.

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:57:00 +0000

More zoom, please.

The Botticelli Venus detail available online is quite amazing.

By: Mark Dow

Mark Dow — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:31:00 +0000

Extra points for the example “Knight, Death and the Devil” including a unicorn/goat hybrid!

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Sadly, despite the time and effort spent on the project, and due to the staggering amount of competition for views on Der Etsy, Durer had to reduce the price of this magnificent work from 1 Ducat down to 3 Groschen. Seems it also wasn’t “whimsicle” enough.

Seriously, the man had some determination and skill. It appears he put in his 10,000 hours and then some.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:56:00 +0000

I can’t imagine having that much patience. Was he going off of memory or imagination or a stuffed rabbit? Couldn’t possibly have been a live one and still captured those details.

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:43:00 +0000

Duhrer proving once again that he is the all-time master of using tiny, fiddly little lines to create works of great beauty. I'm constantly startled by the realism of his prints and engravings. example Look at all the tiny lines then consider the fact that he made dozens of these print blocks of comparable detail. And apparently he was a hell of a painter too.