Artvee
Learning and science
public domain art archive
SHOW HN2020
550points
51comments
#35of 3,028 in 2020
Top 2%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful site design and thumbnails
From 3 comments
The art is beautiful and the site is nice. I love the size of the thumbnails!
saberworks on HNThe website itself is a work of art.
amineazariz on HNAmazing site, thanks for sharing. Love the design and I really look forward to exploring once the HN hug of death has subsided. As someone who’s spent a long and frustrating time…
mattkevan on HN
Valuable collection of public domain art
From 3 comments
Public domain media, is the best kind. Looks like a great art resource.
ngold on HNThough the content is free, having all public domain art amassed is a useful service and I too would like an API. I'd even pay for it!
chrischen on HNAmazing site, thanks for sharing. Love the design and I really look forward to exploring once the HN hug of death has subsided. As someone who’s spent a long and frustrating time…
mattkevan on HN
Objections
Site is slow, especially under HN traffic
From 3 comments
Cool project and the site design is really nice. It seems a little slow for me though, it might just be getting hit by HN right now.
jamil7 on HNThis is really, really nice but unfortunately the website is too slow to be usable right now.
mdoms on HNAmazing site, thanks for sharing. Love the design and I really look forward to exploring once the HN hug of death has subsided. As someone who’s spent a long and frustrating time…
mattkevan on HN
Image sources unclear and collection incomplete
From 2 comments
This is great and I'd be happy to add it to my list of High Quality Collections of Digitized Art and Archival Finds[1], where I catalog sites like these, but where are the images…
simonsarris on HNIt is not "...Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations from some of the best artists the world has ever known", unless you believe this primarily applies to Euro/Western art. E.g.,…
pugworthy on HN
Some download links and resolutions look wrong
From 2 comments
I found a download link error at https://artvee.com/dl/ault-and-wiborg-ad-008/ The download links point to a very different image, couldn't figure out why.
bleubleunoir on HNSomething isn't right with the resolutions: ``` Standard, 1164 x 2400px JPG, Size: 3.55 MB, 300dpi Max Size, 1940 x 4000px JPG, Size: 9.63 MB, 300dpi ``` They can't be both…
layoutIfNeeded on HN
Requests
Public API
From 3 comments
Do you have an API? (See Pexels and Unsplash if you need inspiration) Would be really useful for wallpaper changing scripts.
narrationbox on HNThough the content is free, having all public domain art amassed is a useful service and I too would like an API. I'd even pay for it!
chrischen on HNI love the fact that you aggregate only the art work from world museums. I was looking for a site that I could browse such work. I did book mark your site. Some feedback if you'd…
Tokeflote on HN
Filter by resolution or aspect ratio
From 1 comment
I love the fact that you aggregate only the art work from world museums. I was looking for a site that I could browse such work. I did book mark your site. Some feedback if you'd…
Tokeflote on HN
Include artist and title in filenames
From 1 comment
Wow, fantastic website! Would be perfect if the filenames of the pictures had the name of the picture + author in it.
Tarsul on HN
Questions
Where are the images sourced from
From 2 comments
This is great and I'd be happy to add it to my list of High Quality Collections of Digitized Art and Archival Finds[1], where I catalog sites like these, but where are the images…
simonsarris on HNI echo this call for source info. Also, Simon, I didn't know that you maintained such a resource! Thank you, I will be using it.
exolymph on HN
Alternatives named
Rawpixel
From 1 comment
Rawpixel also have an extensive collection of public domain art if you’ve not come across them before https://www.rawpixel.com
mattkevan on HN
publicdomainpictures.net
From 1 comment
By simply google a bit, found another website (not mine): https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/hledej.php?hleda=art No idea if there are other good sites like artvee, good job…
terrycody on HN
Simon Sarris art collections list
From 1 comment
This is great and I'd be happy to add it to my list of High Quality Collections of Digitized Art and Archival Finds[1], where I catalog sites like these, but where are the images…
simonsarris on HN