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

Art now and then: Flickr photo correlation

A gallery of images that match current photo of sites to masterpiece cityscapes-landscape paintings.

Flickr gallery

New collection in google Earth: Rome

A new collection of 25 masterpiece cityscapes is now loaded on google Earth; many have alignment to 3D building renderings.

Follow the link to the Earth forum and download the attached kmz file.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1322053#Post1322053

Art en Site: Greenwich

Using mobile maps to locate masterpiece art at the site it was painted, and viewing original en site (Art-en-site).  Examples of map-guided painting viewing at this map:

Paintings on South Thames

A comparison of Canaletto's painting of Greenwich Hospital shows some discrepancy in perspective; perhaps the artist shared architect Wren's low opinion of the Queen's house at center rear. That building is prominent between the 2 domes, is hardly seen in the painting.

More views of Greenwich Hospital: George Chambers painting, plus current (obstructed) view

Greenwich Hospital from the East

Geocoded Art on blackberry

Take the painting to the place; with paintings loaded on mobile maps, you can examine the landscape masterpieces where they were painted.


In the picture are a copy of Chambers' painting "The Bellot Memorial at Greenwich Hospital"; and a photo of the scene today; and a photo of the image on the blackberry, provided by links from a mobile map.






High and low magnification images of the blackberry screen showing: the painting viewed en site, loaded from a marker on mobile maps; the phone screen as it looks in the map view, with markers showing locations of painting sites; and the screen as it looks when a marker is selected, with access to the attached painting had by choosing "Details".
























Additional map led viewing of art en site in Borough, at St. George the Martyr church. Grimshaw painted this scene with the title "Blackman Street, London", as the south part of Borough High Street was known at that time.

The map-fed image allows the painting to be inspected on site and experience the current street scene to compare to that captured by the artist.





Low and high magnification views of the phone screen showing the map tools used to find the site and load the image. After selecting the marker for this map entry, clicking on "Details" loads the attached image of the painting.










Maps of location of paintings on south Thames available at:
Paintings on South Thames