Comments on: Rembrandt: life, paintings, etchings, drawings and self portraits http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/ Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-279895 Charley Parker Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:31:02 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-279895 It's long been one of my favorite drawings. It’s long been one of my favorite drawings.

]]> By: Linus http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-279811 Linus Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:52:51 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-279811 The sleeping woman nearly made me weep when I first saw it, a few days ago in my drawing class. The sleeping woman nearly made me weep when I first saw it, a few days ago in my drawing class.

]]> By: sarah http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-270918 sarah Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:26:06 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-270918 thanks for the links, they have been the perfect resources for my art class project! thanks for the links, they have been the perfect resources for my art class project!

]]> By: Albert http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-144426 Albert Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:57:54 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-144426 i like these works, they contain an aexpressionistic side to evoking images and realistic forms. they are simple yet effective to those who watch carefully. i like these works, they contain an aexpressionistic side to evoking images and realistic forms. they are simple yet effective to those who watch carefully.

]]> By: Maria http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-136840 Maria Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:55:15 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-136840 i love art and these are really good i love art and these are really good

]]> By: Li-An http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-18833 Li-An Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:49:07 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-18833 There's an exposition at Le Louvres museum of Rembrandt's drawings. If you are in Paris... :-) There’s an exposition at Le Louvres museum of Rembrandt’s drawings. If you are in Paris… :-)

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-102 Charley Parker Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:35:26 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-102 Andrew, I think it's more likely he's saving them at a low level of compression to preserve image quality. This is unusual, but it's actually for our benefit. JPEG images are capable of many levels of compression, but JPEG is a "lossy" compression method, it saves file size by throwing image information away. At low levels of compression, it's not noticable, but as you compress more (or if you re-save the same image multiple times as a JPEG) you lose image quality until the degradation becomes apparent. Janson is actually being generous in offering the images a low levels of compression (higher file size) because it costs him more in bandwidth. He's leaving us with the option to re-save them (as you did) at a higher compression rate (lower file size) if we want to, but you can't put the extra image quality back in once it's compressed. Andrew, I think it’s more likely he’s saving them at a low level of compression to preserve image quality. This is unusual, but it’s actually for our benefit. JPEG images are capable of many levels of compression, but JPEG is a “lossy” compression method, it saves file size by throwing image information away. At low levels of compression, it’s not noticable, but as you compress more (or if you re-save the same image multiple times as a JPEG) you lose image quality until the degradation becomes apparent.

Janson is actually being generous in offering the images a low levels of compression (higher file size) because it costs him more in bandwidth. He’s leaving us with the option to re-save them (as you did) at a higher compression rate (lower file size) if we want to, but you can’t put the extra image quality back in once it’s compressed.

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-101 Charley Parker Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:25:43 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-101 Thanks for the comment, Nita, and the mention on <a href="http://nitaleland.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">your blog</a> of <a href="http://boaboblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Art Notes</a>, a blog I wasn't aware of. Thanks for the comment, Nita, and the mention on your blog of Art Notes, a blog I wasn’t aware of.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-100 Andrew Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:13:51 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-100 Careful -- somehow the high-res images are are saved uncompressed. I downloaded one 870K image (!), and resaved it and it dropped to 88k. He's doing something wrong... Careful — somehow the high-res images are are saved uncompressed. I downloaded one 870K image (!), and resaved it and it dropped to 88k.

He’s doing something wrong…

]]> By: Nita Leland http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/01/06/rembrandt-life-paintings-etchings-drawings-and-self-portraits/#comment-99 Nita Leland Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:02:35 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=123#comment-99 Thanks for heads-up on the Rembrandt site, Charley. His drawings have always fascinated me. He says so much with a few elegant lines. Thanks for heads-up on the Rembrandt site, Charley. His drawings have always fascinated me. He says so much with a few elegant lines.

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