mapping art
12:52 | 10-10-2012 | Art, Internet | 1 Comment
новый проект, Art.sy, чудесен безмерно:
Any music fan knows that there are myriad ways to find new songs online: a scroll through digital playlists and streaming radio services like Pandora, which serve as musical recommendation engines. Likewise, Netflix subscribers are regularly showered with suggestions for, say, romantic comedies and horror films, based on previously viewed movies.
But until now, there was no automated guidance for art lovers seeking discoveries online — no “If you like Jackson Pollock’s ‘No. 1,’ you may also enjoy Mark Rothko’s ‘No. 18.’ ”
Enter Art.sy, a start-up whose public version went live on Monday. An extensive free repository of fine-art images and an online art appreciation guide, it is predicated on the idea that audiences comfortable with image-driven Web sites like Tumblr and Pinterest are now primed to spend hours browsing through canvases and sculpture on their monitors and tablets, especially with one-click help.
хотя мне, скорее, напоминает FFFFound!, где вдруг почему-то заинтересовались современным искусством — иными словами, ходить по галлереям можно бесконечно долго, прицениваясь и засматриваясь (так, например, между этими работами всего пара кликов мышкой) до умопомрачения.
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