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This reminds me the day I went to see in person Starry Night Over The Rhone. I am not exactly an art person, but I once was explained why that painting is a bi

This reminds me the day I went to see in person Starry Night Over The Rhone. I am not exactly an art person, but I once was explained why that painting is a big deal, the whole impasto thing, etc. I get there and there's an horde of morons taking selfies next to the painting, and another horde of morons taking photos of the painting. I just wanted to observe a bit the depth of the carved layers of ink and how light reflected on them. Why bother taking a photo when I can find professional high definition photos of it online? In the end I was unable to observe anything. It was sort of a let down, and the experience made me hate people a wee bit more than before. Nobody wanted to fucking look at the painting.

etrautmann 5mo ago
I love deeply observing paintings and also love taking a photo while in a museum. It helps me remember the details and review like spaced repetition the things I saw, or spend more time observing nuance later. Are many people ticking boxes? Probably, but the issue is the too many people. Even with people just looking, I feel uncomfortable spending time if there’s a line.
- surgical_fire 5mo ago
  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg/3840px-Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/St... I don't think any picture you take with your cellphone will have as much detail as this. The act of taking photos of paintings in museums is meaningless.
  - AlecSchueler 5mo ago
    > It helps me remember the details and review Note that they said "remember the details" not "capture the details."
  - tasuki 5mo ago
    > The act of taking photos of paintings in museums is meaningless. No. I found some paintings I liked in a museum and took photos of them with a serious-at-the-time camera and uploaded them to wikimedia and found the endeavour worthwhile. Not all the paintings are super-famous and been scanned at infinite resolution!

etrautmann 5mo ago

I love deeply observing paintings and also love taking a photo while in a museum. It helps me remember the details and review like spaced repetition the things I saw, or spend more time observing nuance later. Are many people ticking boxes? Probably, but the issue is the too many people. Even with people just looking, I feel uncomfortable spending time if there’s a line.

surgical_fire 5mo ago
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg/3840px-Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/St... I don't think any picture you take with your cellphone will have as much detail as this. The act of taking photos of paintings in museums is meaningless.
- AlecSchueler 5mo ago
  > It helps me remember the details and review Note that they said "remember the details" not "capture the details."
- tasuki 5mo ago
  > The act of taking photos of paintings in museums is meaningless. No. I found some paintings I liked in a museum and took photos of them with a serious-at-the-time camera and uploaded them to wikimedia and found the endeavour worthwhile. Not all the paintings are super-famous and been scanned at infinite resolution!