Offline first / Desktop first - Art Fascinator
- View art in it’s original aspect ratio, resizable and zoomable
- Install the Desktop Fascinator (that “sits” on your screen)
- Get a new piece of art every minute, ten minutes or hour while you continue working
- Pick an Art Collection Source (e.g. The National Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Public Domain Curated Samples, Wikipedia Paintings) or your own
- Pick an Art Collection
- Pick an Art Piece to Display, Reset image tools by moving cursor outside.
- Free and Open Source (under the CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license)
Windows Mac Linux
Click and drag to move
Right-click for art menu
Double-click to launch art source's page, if available
Reset image tools by moving cursor outside
Keys: arrows to advance art, spacebar to pause, p or ? for plaque, d for directory, esc to exit
-h, --help Help
-d, --download_all Downloads all files in current source
-c, --collection Specifies collection
-a, --authority_file Uses an alternate authority
Whatever you can give, your sponsorship is appreciated. This project was 3 years in the making. In addition to keeping this project running, it would help make a statement that you support this type of work. Thank you.
