Re:Show HN: Artpip – 4k fine art for your desktop
by jdgiese on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:28PM
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I recommend reading "The Story of Art" by Gombrich. It is very well written, although perhaps it should have been called "The Story of Western Art".
Re:Show HN: Artpip – 4k fine art for your desktop
by mcjiggerlog on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:34PM
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I was going to recommend the same book. It's a pretty good starting place.
I've also enjoyed Theories of Modern Art by Chipp [1]. Gives a great insight into the mind of the artist.
[1] http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93073.Theories_of_Modern_...
Re:Show HN: Artpip – 4k fine art for your desktop
by visarga on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @12:42AM
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> I don't really look at my desktop very often
Use an older second monitor that you have laying around. Its proximity to the main monitor will place the paintings right in your viewfield, but your work on the main monitor will be unaffected. When you take a breather you can enjoy art.
Re:Show HN: Artpip – 4k fine art for your desktop
by mcjiggerlog on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @03:22AM
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Don't take this as an officially supported feature, but http://artpip.com/live exists if you want to simply display the featured artwork on a second monitor in a fullscreen browser. It should refresh and stay up to date.
I'm using it to power my ghetto live painting - http://i.imgur.com/bNDEZTu.jpg
Re:Show HN: Artpip – 4k fine art for your desktop
by vertebrate on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @01:10AM
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L’Histoire de l’art (History of art) lectures by Élie Faure
I like the idea, though. I don't really look at my desktop very often, but this might give me that push.
Question on the project, though. Whenever I step away from my laptop for a minute, I have a hot corner to display a screen saver. Any way of using this as a substitute for the screen savers, so it'll just cycle art?