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Understanding Art for Geeks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

HeadMounted found a great little flickr collection of art for geeks where helpful designers have provided you with useful hints to help you better comprehend the confusing art world. Or not. Some of them are very clever.

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  1. NSFW. by RandoX · · Score: 4, Informative

    Unless looking at breasts is ok where you work, that is.

  2. Re:Am I missing a plugin or something? by turtledawn · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think that was the point. Windows in particular is bad about showing you there's something there but not telling you what it is or how to make it visible.

    --
    Uh, "if it looks roughly mouse-shaped according to my infra-red sensitive pit, eat it"? --Chris Burke 09-08-10
  3. Re:Am I missing a plugin or something? by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Informative

    The one that was supposed to be "very clever" is just a painting with some windows on top of it. It looks like my browser thinks I need another plugin or something, but it doesn't tell me what this would be.

    If this is supposed to be clever, I'm missing something, either personally or in my browser. Some of the other ones were pretty decent, I guess...


    You're missing something, personally, I'm afraid. The picture was a painting on wood that had been damaged by the passage of time, with large patches of paint having completely flaked off. The joke was that the flaked-off patches had all been enclosed in "broken image" frames.