4 ms·

Any resources you can suggest to learn more about art history? Preferably some books as well. I like the idea, though. I don't really look at my desktop very o

Any resources you can suggest to learn more about art history? Preferably some books as well. 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?

jdgiese 9y ago
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".
- mcjiggerlog 9y ago
  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_Art http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93073.Theories_of_Modern_...
visarga 9y ago
> 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.
- mcjiggerlog 9y ago
  Don't take this as an officially supported feature, but http://artpip.com/live 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 http://i.imgur.com/bNDEZTu.jpg
vertebrate 9y ago
L’Histoire de l’art (History of art) lectures by Élie Faure