{"id":6408,"date":"2014-05-19T10:32:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2014-09-22T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T15:00:54","slug":"the-metropolitan-announces-free-access-to-400000-digital-images-the-artworks-metaphysics-is-expanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/19\/the-metropolitan-announces-free-access-to-400000-digital-images-the-artworks-metaphysics-is-expanding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Met announces free access to 400,000 digital images: the artworks&#8217; metaphysics is expanding&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6408 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/19\/the-metropolitan-announces-free-access-to-400000-digital-images-the-artworks-metaphysics-is-expanding\/dt2128\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DT2128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6417\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6417'>\n\t\t\t\tJohannes Vermeer, Study of a Young Woman, ca. 1665\u201367, oil on canvas, 17 1\/2 x 15 3\/4 in. (44.5 x 40 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in memory of Theodore Rousseau Jr., 1979. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This morning Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, sent an email to the press announcing that \u201cmore than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum\u2019s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/collection\/the-collection-online\/search\/437879?rpp=30&amp;pg=1&amp;ft=vermeer&amp;pos=4\" target=\"_blank\">the Museum\u2019s website<\/a> for non-commercial use \u2013 including in scholarly publications in any media \u2013 without permission from the Museum and without a fee\u201d. According to the message \u201cthe Metropolitan Museum\u2019s initiative \u2013 called Open Access for Scholarly Content \u2013 provides access to images of art in its collection that the Museum believes to be in the public domain and free of other known restrictions. Works that are covered by the new policy are identified on the Museum\u2019s website (http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/collections) with the acronym OASC&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago also the Getty made a similar announcement, and we are very happy to say that many other museums all over the world are now following this policy. It is not easy to predict what will follow from this huge amount of free materials coming available, but at least a couple of things can be pinpointed. The first one is that on-line no-profit publications are receiving considerable benefits from this policy. The second one is that big museums are clearly considering that to share images of the artworks in their collection is better than to spend time and money in selecting where the images are published. Thus, a new frontier between form and information\u00a0has been opened and the realm of the artworks&#8217; metaphysics is expanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This morning Thomas P. 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