http://www.metafilter.com/tags/carmontelle Posts tagged with 'carmontelle' at MetaFilter. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:07:27 -0800 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:07:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/69409/Figures%2Din%2Da%2DParkland In 1783 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/arts/design/27tran.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=carmontelle&st=nyt&oref=slogin">a French artist going by the name of Carmontelle </a>created a scroll that was 138 feet long and offered viewers a continuous translucent moving image called "Figures in a Parkland". The Getty Museum beautifully put the scroll on <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/carmontelle/">exhibit</a>. Be sure to take a <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/carmontelle/carmontelle_video.html">virtual stroll through the images</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69409 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:07:27 -0800 carmontelle frenchpainting movingimage scroll derangedlarid