[HN Gopher] What a Tiny Masterpiece Reveals About Power and Beauty
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What a Tiny Masterpiece Reveals About Power and Beauty
Author : dilawar
Score : 54 points
Date : 2021-04-04 17:12 UTC (5 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| djohnston wrote:
| I'm impressed this works so well on mobile.
| mooneater wrote:
| > Now, it belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| How did it come into their possession, I would be interested to
| hear.
| rtx wrote:
| This is highly offensive, we shouldn't be glorifying tyrants and
| mass murderers. These mugahls were responsible for untold
| attrocities in name of religion.
| sneak wrote:
| I agree, but Jackson is on the $20. We can evaluate the art
| separately from the people who made it or the people depicted
| by it, much like how we can play with TempleOS without
| endorsing its author's racist views.
| pugworthy wrote:
| > _but Jackson is on the $20_
|
| But not for long...
| https://www.fastcompany.com/90597698/harriet-tubman-will-
| fin...
| rtx wrote:
| NYT should have done that without glorifying a tyrant for
| millions of deaths.
| notsureaboutpg wrote:
| Everyone complains that this and that guy was "responsible
| for millions of deaths" yet they would have probably
| mismanaged an empire into far worse shape if they were
| given the reins
| sethjgore wrote:
| I think it's more offensive to see somebody call this
| offensive. It's just an analysis of a series of paintings and
| the royal and the rich and the corrupt and the powerful will
| always be around. To call this offensive is to be coddled into
| a false worldview that attempts to suppress the rancid, messy
| and yet commendable truth of humanity.
| bernardv wrote:
| Well said.
| dilawar wrote:
| I guess all kingdoms were built over untold atrocities.
| hellbannedguy wrote:
| Can anyone name a kingdom that didn't exploit?
| hi41 wrote:
| Can you provide a link to the atrocities. Nothing was mentioned
| in the history books which were part of the curriculum during
| school.
| pugworthy wrote:
| Who's curriculum are you talking about?
|
| In the US, we've never been good at teaching truths about
| slavery. I'm sure this is true the world wide.
|
| https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/28/teaching.
| .. has an interesting read about this in the US. Here's a
| paragraph quote...
|
| > _It is why, just four years ago, textbooks told students
| "workers" were brought from Africa to America, not men, women
| and children in chains. It is why, last year, a teacher asked
| students to list "positive" aspects of slavery. It is why,
| even in 2019, there are teachers in schools who still think
| holding mock auctions is a good way for students to learn
| about slavery. Misinformation and flawed teaching about
| America's "original sin" fills our classrooms from an early
| age._
| Finnucane wrote:
| That seemed interesting but it was too much work. Why is there so
| much scrolling for each bit of text?
| smiley1437 wrote:
| I felt that highlighting the particular subtlety and detail of
| each portion of the painting by zooming in was useful. The fact
| that the painting was so intricately detailed results in a lot
| of points of interest.
| telesilla wrote:
| I agree, I felt as if I had a personal museum guide, and I
| was allowed to zoom in and out at will. My only complaint is
| the quality of the reproductions, it's a shame not to enjoy
| the brushstrokes.
| hellbannedguy wrote:
| The artists used Squirrel hair as brushes.
| qwertox wrote:
| I stopped scrolling, it lacked usability with those small
| bits of text which wouldn't even snap to be centered.
|
| It's hard to tell how this could be made better. Tooltips on
| markers would increase control, but the story would lose
| linearity.
| mkinom wrote:
| I wonder if there is any open source frontend library to make
| such interactive mobile friendly experiences?
| bernardv wrote:
| It's a fascinating article and a beautiful piece of art.
| TruthWillHurt wrote:
| "We behold the emperor beholding himself"
|
| Eat the rich.
| threevox wrote:
| Keep your dogma off HN please
| MathYouF wrote:
| Keep your dogma towards accepting the status quo on hacker
| news please, a diversity of opinions is valued here.
| lain98 wrote:
| Not the first time nytimes has given a tongue bath to a genocidal
| maniac.
| blacksmith_tb wrote:
| Presumably the gloriousness of any emperor, from any empire we
| care to name, was bought with the blood of masses of peasants
| and weaker neighbors? Looking over the list[1] I don't see
| anything surprising.
|
| 1:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan#Reign_(1628%E2%80%9...
| bernardv wrote:
| Oh please. Just admire something for what it is.
| csrf-token wrote:
| Love these scroll-zoom format articles from NYTimes that go
| through a work of art in detail. I always learn something
| interesting.
|
| Here are two others i've enjoyed:
| https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/25/arts/durer-se...
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| https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/07/arts/design/h...
| bigtones wrote:
| I wonder what web tool they use to make them ?
| Swizec wrote:
| The guy who makes a lot of their dataviz is famously the
| creator of Svelte.
| 8fGTBjZxBcHq wrote:
| I know the religious art influence from europe is explored in
| this but it is really striking how much it reminds me of a
| byzantine christian icon.
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| The simple full-body centering of the single figure, the use of
| color, the unnatural but symbolism-heavy pose. I don't know much
| about art honestly but something about the light also seems that
| way. Later catholic and I think russian? style icons became more
| realistic and don't have that look.
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| The halo too but that's less interesting to me than the feel of
| the whole thing which is very icon-like.
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