by
Christopher Jobson
Teaching
art history online can be tough, despite a wealth of tools and technologies
it’s difficult to create an environment that compares to a great teacher who
can make artworks engaging to a live audience. However, this new interactive
exhibit of Hieronymus Bosch’s famous Garden of Earthly Delights completely
nails it. This is the internet we were promised.
The site
was created by filmmakers, photographers and art historians as part of an
upcoming documentary by Pieter van Huijstee titled Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by
the Devil. The ‘interactive documentary’ not only lets you explore the painting
in incredible detail down to the most minute brush strokes, it also includes
sound design as you move through various sections of the painting and a series
of audio essays describing over 40 areas of the painting! This might be the
crowning example of how to educate the public about a masterwork painting
online, I wish there was something like this for more artworks.
The
documentary and interactive exhibit coincide with the 500th anniversary of the
artist’s death, which is also being celebrated by the Noordbrabants Museum in
the Netherlands that is currently exhibiting 20 paintings and 19 drawings by
the “Devil’s Painter”—the vast majority of his surviving works.
To see more
paintings in vivid detail you can also explore the Google Art Project (they
beat us for a Webby a few years ago, but we’re not bitter). Also related: A new
Bosch painting was identified in Kansas City last week. (via Metafilter)
ng was identified in Kansas
City last week. (via Metafilter)
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