The Met Just Released 400,000 Hi-Res Images of their Collection
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40 outstanding highlights from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recently released collection of 400,000 high-resolution digital images. On 16 May 2014, Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that more than 400,000 images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use—including in scholarly publications in any media—without permission from the Museum and without a fee. The number of available images will increase as new digital files are added on a regular basis... Mr. Campbell said: “Through this new, open-access policy, we join a growing number of museums that provide free access to images of art in the public domain. I am delighted that digital technology can open the doors to this trove of images from our encyclopedic collection.” You can view the entire collection online here...The volume and quality of work made available will benefit all with an Internet connection for generations to come. Take a virtual tour through some of the most incredible artwork in history by visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
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40 outstanding highlights from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recently released collection of 400,000 high-resolution digital images. On 16 May 2014, Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that more than 400,000 images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use—including in scholarly publications in any media—without permission from the Museum and without a fee. The number of available images will increase as new digital files are added on a regular basis... Mr. Campbell said: “Through this new, open-access policy, we join a growing number of museums that provide free access to images of art in the public domain. I am delighted that digital technology can open the doors to this trove of images from our encyclopedic collection.” You can view the entire collection online here...The volume and quality of work made available will benefit all with an Internet connection for generations to come. Take a virtual tour through some of the most incredible artwork in history by visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak – Albert Bierstadt, 1863
Photograph by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This painting is the major work that resulted from the
artist’s first trip to the West. His intention to create panoramic views of the
American frontier was apparent by December 1858, just before he embarked on the
trip. In early 1859 he accompanied a government survey expedition, headed by
Frederick W. Lander, to the Nebraska
Territory Wyoming . Bierstadt
dubbed the central mountain in the picture Lander’s Peak following the
colonel’s death in the Civil War. This was one of a number of large works
painted after Bierstadt’s return from these travels. It was completed in 1863,
exhibited to great acclaim, and purchased in 1865 for the then-astounding sum
of $25,000 by James McHenry, an American living in London . Bierstadt later bought it back and
gave or sold it to his brother Edward.
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Father and redditor dopplerizer captured this smile-inducing scene of his daughter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California. For more videos and photography from Royce, check out his Facebook page.
