Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France, and her children (Versailles)
Jacques Louis David - Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass, 20 May 1800 (Versailles)
Caravaggio - Medusa (Uffizi Gallery)
Sandro Botticelli - The Birth of Venus (Uffizi Gallery)
Hans Holbein the Younger - Sir Thomas More (The Frick Collection)
Thomas Gainsborough - The Mall in St. James's Park (The Frick Collection)
James McNeil Whistler - The Princess from the land of Porcelain (Smithsonian)
Sir John Everett Millais - Ophelia (Tate Britain)
Sir John Everett Millais - Hearts are Trumps (Tate Britain)
Marcus Gheehaerts II - Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee (Tate Britain)
David Des Granges - The Saltonstall Family (Tate Britain)
Francis Danby - The Deluge (Tate Britain)
British School 17th Century - The Cholmondeley Ladies (Tate Britain)
British School, 16th Century - A Young Lady Aged 21 (Tate Britain)
John Bettes - A man in a Black Cap (Tate Britain)
Hans Holbein the Younger - A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (National Gallery)
Lucas Cranach the Elder - Portrait of a Woman (National Gallery)
Hans Holbein the Younger - The Ambassadors (National Gallery)
Boris Kustodiyev - Pancake Week (The State Tretyakov Gallery)
Vincent Van Gogh - The Starry Night (MOMA)
Hans Holbein the Younger - The Merchant Georg Gisze (Gemäldegalerie)
I've had way too much fun with Google's Art Project and I've had to stop myself from screencapping every single ruff and beard. As part of my Archive Management Course I've been studying digitisation and thinking about whether or not a high quality digital image can be a substitute for an 'authentic' experience. I think the benefits of being able to view paintings I'd never see in real life anyway can only be a good thing? Especially when you can zoom in on every nook and cranny. And I've realised I seem to have a bit of an obsession with hands.
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It's so amazing what can be done with paint and a brush :)
I have a museums studies background, and I have been writing about similar ideas and thoughts lately. Won't say too much because I like to keep blogging and work seperate but I definitely understand your fascination with digital and real art objects. I just read about the concept of haecceity and it made me want to think about it all even more (sorry this is so geeky!)
Ha, I was going to tell Ellie to read your blog but she already got there (see above). I have yet to try Google Art out...
I had never heard of this till I read your post and I'm obsessed now, so thank you!
I had no idea this art project existed. Hello wild Saturday night ahead!
I see where you're coming from, I bought John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' to explore this further but of course its resigned to the shelf while I finish this damn degree! I love when you post this stuff.
I thought you were doing scottish literature?
Oh man, loooong story. I finished up my Scottish Literature course unofficially in 2009, but not officially until 2010 (it was research so I had to sit a viva) during which time I worked in the archives at Mount Stuart. After that I turned decided to do the Archive Management course at HATII rather than do the PhD in Scot Lit because I wanted an actual job. EPIC!
Hi
We used to be lj friends (god that sounds lame!) your blog is amazing I love all of the historical things...have you finished your Phd now? Please update again soon!
Okay so I just read your comment and now know you have finished your Phd haha! x
this is amazing! gorgeous! I want to try the art project now! and see what I come up with..
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