Here's a treasure trove for art lovers and creators of new art including digital remixes and reboots of old art, including virtual world platforms: Over 100,000 digital photographs of great art from Paris Museums, including works by Monet, Picasso, and Cézanne, licensed for free use and re-use. As the press release announces:
Paris Musées is a public entity that oversees the 14 municipal museums of Paris, including the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais, and the Catacombs. Users can download a file that contains a high definition (300 DPI) image, a document with details about the selected work, and a guide of best practices for using and citing the sources of the image.
“Making this data available guarantees that our digital files can be freely accessed and reused by anyone or everyone, without any technical, legal or financial restraints, whether for commercial use or not,” reads a press release shared by Paris Musées.
Link via Jason Kottke, who has some wonderful examples of the art available for download and use.
Pictured in this post, by the way, is an image I came across through random browsing: Poster for a theatrical production of Les Enfants du capitaine Grant aka In Search of the Castaways, by Jules Verne, the world's greatest OG steampunk novelist. Click to embiggenate!
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