WebLouvre ANNOUNCE: Impressionist Paintings exhibition
Nicolas Pioch
(please distribute freely)
The WebLouvre is proud to announce the (re)opening of the its
"Famous Paintings" exhibit, entirely reworked,
online since August 1, 1994.
ABSTRACT: The "Famous Paintings" exhibit now features an expo on
Impressionism. The Impressionists are unrivalled in their popular
appeal and their paintings are among the best loved in the world.
Drawn together by a common desire to bring a new kind of realism to
painting, they astonished their contemporaries with their
revolutionary treatment of colour and light. Sunlight and dappled
water, the evanescent atmosphere of outdoor scenes and fleeting
moments in everyday life characterize their work at its most
delightful.
WHAT'S NEW: This WebLouvre section is rewritten in MTML, adding
- new possible threads of visit (per epoch/theme/artist)
- new biographical notes on each artist
- "focus" on some paintings, with detailed explanations of the techniques
employed or the artwork context
- detailed pages on each painting style, including references to
literary works
This is only a sample of what the Fall'94 WebLouvre will look like,
and I would appreciate user feedback on this test-bed.
(comments from people having already visited the exhibit in the past
especially welcome)
WHAT IS THE WebLOUVRE:
The WebLouvre is a World-Wide Web exhibit located in Paris, France,
currently hosting three online exhibits: visit
- the French medieval art demonstration,
- a collection of well-known paintings from famous artists,
- or tour around Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysees.
"Best Use of Multiple Media" award in the "Best of Web'94" contest,
the WebLouvre features, on Aug 1, 1994, over 1300 HTML pages
and 800 pictures, served to over a million WWW connections per month.
HOW:
The main WebLouvre entrance is http://mistral.enst.fr/~pioch/louvre/
Since the server logs proves that some people can't manage to type
all of this correctly, please note that the following URL will bring
you to the subject index, from which you will be able to
select the WebLouvre:
Thanks for your attention
-- Nicolas Pioch