This is one of the most well-executed attempts to bring real-world art online I've ever seen.
I've always hoped that the internet could expand access to art, but I've always felt that the experience of viewing art and commentary through a computer really fails to capture the essence of experiencing it in real life. I hope that other institutions will learn from this and apply the lessons to their own cultural mission.
I know this doesn't add much, but... that is awesome.
It would be cool to have this with a lot of other artwork, but I can't imagine a better subject than TGoED as a teaser.
what a wonderful, positive addition to the internet. thanks to the people involved in making this freely available and so easily explorable.
My company makes training content for people in the heavy industries. One of our main offerings is taking traditional paper schematics and bringing them to life with animation and interactivity. It's amazing for me to see a similar treatment given to a work of art — seeing it brought to life with software, but done in a way that's reverential of the original work. The sound design and voice over narration in this project is remarkably well-executed. Everything is done so tastefully. Even though I work in a comparatively artless STEM field, there's so much about this Bosch site that my team can learn from. Thank you for posting it.
This is indeed awesome! I am not well versed in art, and it is always a pleasure to learn more about the subject and the stories it tells.
This probably will net me some negative attention, but I would like to also add this:
Where are the people crying fowl about pages requiring javascript? Here we have an excellent example of the quality of content that can be achieved by embracing a script-friendly internet.
I'm a fan of novelist Michael Connelly. The main character in his most popular series is named after this artist...
aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch and a contemporary of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Dürer
This is a good example of the kind of content that my ideal Internet would be composed of. There would be no social networks, no comments or like buttons, no advertisements, no search engines. Every website would be substantial. It's nice to dream.