Getty Iris Blog
blogs.getty.edu · Company blog · on HN since 2013
The Getty Iris Blog is the Getty museum's blog about its art collections, research, conservation and digitized open content.
What HN saysHN links it for announcements of open-access image releases, and commenters cite it for conservation before-and-after photos.
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SethTro · 2022-01-03
In practice yes, Museums occasionally clean & restore their paintings which shifts the color balance, grain, texture similar ways.
There's a some great pre/post conservation photo in this article: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/as-layers-of-old-varnish-are-removed-itali…
toomuchtodo · 2014-04-23
Getty Archive Source Post: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/77000-images-of-tapestries-and-italian-mon…
nfriedly · 2013-08-16
Here's a link to the actual collection: http://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=&cat=highlight&f=%22O…
Getty's blog post about it: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
An example page where you can download a 4264px × 3282px copy of Van Gogh's 'Irises' (28mb .jpg): http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=947
I'm wondering how long it will be before someone creates a .torrent with the entire collection...