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Masterpieces Online — High Culture At High Resolution

Posted by Soulskill on from the extreme-close-up dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "You can now see the finest details of some of the finest Italian masterpieces with just one click of your mouse. High-resolution images of classic paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and Botticelli are now online with that opportunity. You can zoom in to the smallest details, even ones you wouldn't see when viewing the paintings in person at a museum. The images have a resolution of up to 28 billion pixels, which is about 3,000 times more than a photo from an average digital camera."

6 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. I Don't See ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think they missed one. I don't see Dogs Playing Poker. I'm just sayin' ...

    1. Re:I Don't See ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, just the way our eyes can perceive only a pale shade of the real thing. Art is something you need to touch, to eat, to vomit on and to make love to. It's a physical thing!

    2. Re:I Don't See ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You cannot currently create an image on a monitor that uses brown. No combination of RBG values will give you brown.

      Clearly, you've never played Quake 2.

  2. Poor poor guy who came up with this... by santax · · Score: 2, Funny

    He is probably wondering when he sees the data-costs after getting slashdotted if it wouldn't have been better to just buy a couple more paintings. From Rembrand or something like that.

  3. Re:Another cool site by Andy+Smith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well done to whoever marked this as troll. I was trying to be a whiny bitch!

  4. One of these Baroque masters was a Spongebob fan! by markzip · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another direct link: http://www.haltadefinizione.com/magnifier.jsp?idopera=3

    Fans of the Baroque will be aware that Andrea Pozzo is best known for his use of "quadratura", the technique intermixing paintings of architectural details with elements of fancy. What is less well known is that Pozzo was an early admirer of Spongebob Squarepants. One of these amazingly highly detailed pictures shows that his "Gloria di Sant'Ignazio", painted in 1685 for the nave of the church of St. Ignazio in Rome, include a sly tribute to our favourite right-angled undersea dweller. Hit the link and zoom in to the bottom right

    http://www.haltadefinizione.com/magnifier.jsp?idopera=3