Hacker News with Generative AI: Art History

olduse.net (olduse.net)
olduse.net was an interactive art installation conceived and implemented by Joey Hess that ran from 2011 to 2021.

Interactive Art, Web Art, Installations, Art History

137 points by tosh 6 days ago | 15 comments

Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder's Twelve Proverbs (1558) (publicdomainreview.org)
Some of the earliest surviving works of the Flemish luminary Pieter Bruegel the Elder are not his detail-rich peasant scenes that furnish art history courses the world over, but painted serving plates, or roundels.

Art History, Paintings, Proverbs, History

15 points by benbreen 11 days ago | 3 comments

Piled High: 17th-Century Dutch Banquet Scenes (publicdomainreview.org)
The feast laid out is lavish, but the table is so overladen, there is no space to dine. This is the somewhat absurd scenario staged by the tablescapes of Dutch banquet still life paintings.

Art History, 17th Century, Netherlands, Painting, Still Life

24 points by prismatic 41 days ago | 13 comments

An Italian 'fruit detective' who investigates centuries-old paintings (smithsonianmag.com)
When Isabella Dalla Ragione assesses a Renaissance painting, she doesn’t immediately notice the brushstrokes or the magnificence of the imagery. The first thing she notices is the fruit.

Art History, Italy, Food, Paintings

93 points by Brajeshwar 130 days ago | 15 comments

Italian 'Fruit Detective' Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings (smithsonianmag.com)
When Isabella Dalla Ragione assesses a Renaissance painting, she doesn’t immediately notice the brushstrokes or the magnificence of the imagery. The first thing she notices is the fruit.

Art History, Renaissance, Italy

4 points by prismatic 137 days ago | 0 comments

Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925) (publicdomainreview.org)

Art History, Photography, History

3 points by prismatic 251 days ago | 0 comments

Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History (maggieappleton.com)