Plein Air

(art.joonas.wtf)

59 points | by bookofjoe 12 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • UI_at_80x24 10 hours ago ago

    It shows paintings based on your location and the 'time of day', or something.

    From the `About`:

    >Plein Air — A painting for right now, wherever you are

    >Plein air — French for in the open air — was the discipline of painting outdoors, in front of the weather, the way Constable studied clouds in Suffolk meadows and Monet painted the same haystacks at every hour of every season. The painters took the canvas outside because the light couldn't be remembered later, only stood inside as you painted.

    >Plein Air stands you next to one of those paintings. The sky over your head and the sky in the painting share the same kind of hour — the same long afternoon, the same threatening storm, the same fog clinging to the river. One painting, chosen for right now. Tap the title to see why it was picked.

    • Sharlin 8 hours ago ago

      > location

      Weather.

  • kylecazar 6 hours ago ago

    We're in a crazy heat wave on the east coast. I got a painting of the Oaxacan desert. Feels right!

  • neko_ranger 8 hours ago ago

    "awesome" paintings in the original sense of the word. excellent taste

  • daft_pink 3 hours ago ago

    Am I the only one who thinks it's creepy to click a link to a website and immediately get asked for a location?

  • mrkpdl 4 hours ago ago

    Lovely!

  • ChrisArchitect 9 hours ago ago

    Reminded me of this one:

    The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44846281

  • sublinear 10 hours ago ago

    Was the stylesheet vibecoded, or is this old enough to be copypasta?

    Can't zoom/scale without the page falling apart.

    • jonplackett 9 hours ago ago

      So many websites are like this. Amazon is one of them - why make it so hard to zoom in on an image?