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    The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online.

    This is awesome!! https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online.

    This is awesome!! https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1
    Have you been to the British Museum? I just love the place, been there many times and always find it endlessly fascinating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Have you been to the British Museum? I just love the place, been there many times and always find it endlessly fascinating.
    Yes. When I go to ports I try and make it a habit to visit the cultural centers first. Then go do stupid things....ha!

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    Been to both plus the MET and NYC's other famous museums, but all of them have a long way to go to compare to the Louvre

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online.

    This is awesome!! https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1
    A guy I sort of know my dad went to school with has done this for some small museums. He is a bored early retiree from the tech world who likes to dabble back in business every few years to feel like he is something beyond addled rich. When small museums are slated to close, he will go in and create digital collections before their holdings get scattered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online.

    This is awesome!! https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1
    They have a surprisingly nice collection.

    I have El Greco and Van Gogh prints in my office. There is a truth in art, than can be found in few other places in life - just MO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kacper View Post
    A guy I sort of know my dad went to school with has done this for some small museums. He is a bored early retiree from the tech world who likes to dabble back in business every few years to feel like he is something beyond addled rich. When small museums are slated to close, he will go in and create digital collections before their holdings get scattered.
    That is awesome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    They have a surprisingly nice collection.

    I have El Greco and Van Gogh prints in my office. There is a truth in art, than can be found in few other places in life - just MO.
    I agree with you.

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    One of the best I have visited is the Hermitage Museum in saint pete (leningrad when I visited) Russia

    Being raised in NYC there were always class trips to all the museums of art
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Yes. When I go to ports I try and make it a habit to visit the cultural centers first. Then go do stupid things....ha!
    London is blessed with some marvellous museums; the British, Science, Natural History, Victoria/Albert and National Maritime to name but a few.

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    Guano mentioned the Hermitage Museum, has anybody seen the film Russian Ark shot in one take in that museum?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online.

    This is awesome!! https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1
    Apparently they have a decent collection of two of my current favorite painters, JMW Turner and Winslow Homer.

    I think the argument could be made that Homer is the best American painter this nation has ever produced.
    I did not actually know much about Turner until a few years ago, but that dude is really totally unique and he was kind of delving into impressionism decades before the French impressionists, aka he was way ahead of his time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Apparently they have a decent collection of two of my current favorite painters, JMW Turner and Winslow Homer.

    I think the argument could be made that Homer is the best American painter this nation has ever produced.
    I did not actually know much about Turner until a few years ago, but that dude is really totally unique and he was kind of delving into impressionism decades before the French impressionists, aka he was way ahead of his time.
    I love Edvard Munch, I see they have some of his works. I am not that familiar with Homer and Turner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    I love Edvard Munch, I see they have some of his works. I am not that familiar with Homer and Turner.
    Is he that "scream" guy? "The Scream" is a great one!

    Winslow Homer is a classic painter of the 19th century, known for his landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of nature.
    He was so bloody good, that he is basically considered on a par with the great European masters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Yes. When I go to ports I try and make it a habit to visit the cultural centers first. Then go do stupid things....ha!
    When I travel abroad I try to visit a countries four most significant cultural institutions. Their Museums, Their Churches, Their Restaurants and their Cat Houses.

    That is why France is the cultural center of the world. Most countries do well in one or even most of these categories but France does all four exceptionally well. Viva La France!
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