Something Beautiful

Spinola Hours

You can see 36 sides from the Spinola Hours, c. 1510, illustrated by the Master of James IV of Scotland at the Google Art site. 

Saint Barbara with a Tower

A gorgeous page, showing St. Barbara with a tower, by the Workshop of the Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximilian, c. 1510.  

L. A. Ring

Laurits Andersen Ring (1854-1933) was a Danish artist whose work I like very much.   Google Art has 8 paintings by him.  

Quilts

I love these 12 album quilts at the Google Art project. 

Kyung Min Nam, Korean artist

Again and again I'm drawn to these warm, witty paintings by Korean artist Kyung Min Nam. 

Willem Vrelant

Google Art has 90 illuminations by Willem Vrelant.  Viewed as a whole, on a single screen, they are truly handsome and lovely. 

Autumn

I put just the simple word autumn into the search window at Google Art and it returned so many and such wonderful works on that subject that it brought tears to my eyes.   Altogether there are more than 600 works and many, many of them are wonderful.   

Archbishop Elder (Eakins)

I like this portrait of Archbishop William Henry Elder, by American artist Thomas Eakins.  He has captured, it seems, a distinctive face and attitude.  

Holbein the Younger

Google Art Project currently has 20 or so paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger on display. Very handsome works.   Many of these works are quite wonderful but you might need to zoom in to see just how much.   Try the portrait of Jane Seymour, Queen of England and one of Henry VIII's ill-fated wives.  Jane was not a terribly attractive woman but the painting, seen up-close, is simply marvelous.   

Extraordinary resolution!

The Google Art Project offers terrific resolution on most of the thousands of works now displayed at its site.   There are 164 works, though, that are rendered in 'gigapixels,' the Project's highest level of resolution.   Feast your eyes!