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
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
Guno צְבִי (11-12-2018)
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.
Guno צְבִי (11-12-2018)
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
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
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Sailor (11-13-2018)
Guano mentioned the Hermitage Museum, has anybody seen the film Russian Ark shot in one take in that museum?
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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.
Sailor (11-13-2018)
Cypress (11-13-2018)
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.
Phantasmal (11-13-2018)
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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Phantasmal (11-13-2018)
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