Art en Site: Place and Painting

A new appreciation of place and of painting, by examining the painting in the place.

Using mobile devices to access maps of masterpiece landscape (cityscape) paintings, the details of the painting can be appreciated while on the site that the artist studied and painted with such care. Elements of the painting take on new meaning when a modern day equivalent are seen: a passerby or mode of transportation, flora and fauna. The landmark structures become a frame, or a rain gauge that hold the residue of culture.

Examples are shown from Greenwich ("The Bellot Memorial", by George Chambers), Amsterdam ("The Bend in the Herengracht in Amsterdam" by Gerrit Berckheyde), London ("View of Fish Street Hill from Gracechurch Street" by William Marlow), Utrecht ("View of Utrecht" by Johannes Bosboom), and the Hague ("View of the Mauritshuis in Den Haag" by van Hove).

Photo as Frames for Art

A set of images created by overlaying masterpiece landscape (really cityscape) painintgs onto current photos of the scene.

This is the painitng by Jan van der Heyden "The Oude Kerk on the The Oude Delft in Delft", and a recent photo.

Below, images are compared of the painting by Vermeer of the "View of Delft" and a current photographic view.

Art en Site: Netherlands

Using a mobile device and a map collection of the scenes of masterpiece paintings, to appreciate the site and the work together. This photo is a synthesis of the a current photo and the painting "The Golden Bend in the Herengract in Amsterdam" by Gerritt Berckheyde.

The sites of a collection of masterpiece landscape paintings can be found at this Map:

Art en Site: Netherlands

Google art to view high resolution images

Google art is a collection of high resolution images from participating museums. There is also a feature to create and share personal collections. The attached link is to a collection of masterpiece cityscapes.

http://goo.gl/wlEnX