12. Springtime in Paris¶
Even if we cannot travel much at the moment to see the delights of Spring around the world, we can still admire depictions of it in paintings. Let’s see how spring compares between the collections in London (V&A) and Paris (Louvre) collections
import sys
sys.path.append("/srv/explore-the-collections/code/ivpy/src")
V&A Collections¶
First we query the API for objects of type “Oil painting” and containing the word Spring.
import pandas as pd
vam_spring_df = pd.read_csv("https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/objects/search?q=spring&images_exist=true&page=1&kw_object_type=Oil%20painting&response_format=csv")
vam_spring_df.head(10)
| accessionNumber | accessionYear | systemNumber | objectType | _primaryTitle | _primaryPlace | _primaryMaker__name | _primaryMaker__association | _primaryDate | _primaryImageId | _sampleMaterial | _sampleTechnique | _sampleStyle | _currentLocation__displayName | _objectContentWarning | _imageContentWarning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 367-1901 | 1901.0 | O54265 | Oil painting | Spring | NaN | Platzer, Johann Georg | artist | pre 1761 | 2006BG0261 | oil paint | oil painting | Austrian School | In store | False | False |
| 1 | 1601-1869 | 1869.0 | O134110 | Oil painting | The Spring | Switzerland | Menn, Barthélémy | painter (artist) | pre 1868 | 2007BP0651 | oil paint | oil painting | Swiss School | In store | False | False |
| 2 | E.322-1934 | 1934.0 | O134545 | Oil Painting | Spring | Great Britain | Gertler, Mark | painter (artist) | 1931 | 2007BM8274 | oil paint | oil painting | British School | PDP Temporary Store | False | False |
| 3 | CAI.172 | NaN | O81631 | Oil painting | Study for the four seasons: Spring (Daphnis an... | France | Millet, Jean-François | artist | Before 1865 | 2007BN4453 | oil paint | oil painting | French School | Paintings, Room 81, The Edwin and Susan Davies... | False | False |
| 4 | 144-1888 | 1888.0 | O125151 | Oil painting | Spring: East Bergholt Common | England | Constable, John (RA) | artist | ca. 1814 | 2006BC6067 | oil paint | oil painting | British School | NaN | False | False |
| 5 | 224-1879 | 1879.0 | O16546 | Oil painting | Disturbed: A Plover Rising from Its Nest | England | Oakes, John Wright | artist | 1879 | 2006AH8785 | oil paint | oil painting | NaN | In store | False | False |
| 6 | FA.187[O] | NaN | O77070 | Oil painting | Spring Flowers | Britain | Smith, George | artist | 1851 | 2006AL8240 | oil paint | oil painting | British School | British Galleries, Room 122 | False | False |
| 7 | P.12-1947 | 1947.0 | O17306 | Oil painting | The Milkmaid's Garland, or Humours of May Day | London | Hayman, Francis (RA) | painter (artist) | 1741-1742 | 2006AM5395 | oil paint | oil painting | British School | British Galleries, Room 52, The George Levy Ga... | False | False |
| 8 | P.70-1986 | 1986.0 | O78693 | Oil painting | Country Dances Round a Maypole | London | Hayman, Francis (RA) | painter (artist) | 1741-1742 | 2006AN2177 | oil paint | oil painting | British School | British Galleries, Room 52, The George Levy Ga... | False | False |
| 9 | FA.241[O] | NaN | O15091 | Oil painting | The Dawn of Love | England | Brooks, Thomas | artist | 1846 | 2006AV0394 | oil paint | oil painting | British School | In store | False | False |
from ivpy import attach,show
IIIF_IMAGE_URL = "https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/%s/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg"
vam_spring_df._primaryImageId = [IIIF_IMAGE_URL % item for item in vam_spring_df._primaryImageId]
attach(vam_spring_df, "_primaryImageId")
show()
Louvre¶
The Louvre have recently released a new collections site which lets us export search results as a CSV file.
Note
This is a cached version of the CSV file because of an issue with cipher settings
#import urllib3
#import requests
import pandas as pd
df_louvre_printemps = pd.read_csv("louvre-spring.csv", sep=";")
df_louvre_printemps.head(15)
| ARK | Object name/Title | Author | Date | Inventory number | Collection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | cl010057106 | Le Printemps / Jupiter | Alaux, Jean ; France ; Primaticcio, Francesc... | 1834 | INV 451; LP 5815; LP 5816 | Département des Peintures |
| 1 | cl010057782 | Le Printemps | France ; Oudry, Jean-Baptiste | 1700 / 1800 (XVIIIe siècle) | INV 7051; MV 8538; B 905 | Département des Peintures |
| 2 | cl010060674 | Le Printemps | Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste ; France | 1825 / 1850 (2e quart du XIXe siècle) | INV 6539; C 298 bis | Département des Peintures |
| 3 | cl010056799 | Le Printemps | Coypel, Antoine ; France | 1699 | INV 8685; B 1708 | Département des Peintures |
| 4 | cl010059406 | Le printemps | Rousseau, Théodore ; France | 1850 / 1875 (3e quart du XIXe siècle) | RF 1450 | Département des Peintures |
| 5 | cl010067341 | Le printemps | Vauchelet, Théophile-Auguste ; France | 1800 / 1900 (XIXe siècle) | INV 20887 | Département des Peintures |
| 6 | cl010060578 | Le Printemps | Lancret, Nicolas ; France | 1738 | INV 5597; B 701 | Département des Peintures |
| 7 | cl010057734 | Le Printemps | Boucher, François ; France | 1753 | INV 2703 | Département des Peintures |
| 8 | cl010061105 | Le Printemps | Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne-Louis ; France | 1800 / 1900 (XIXe siècle) | INV 4952; MR 1768 | Département des Peintures |
| 9 | cl010065015 | Le Printemps | Arcimboldo, Giuseppe ; Italie | 1573 | RF 1964 30 | Département des Peintures |
| 10 | cl010062521 | Le Printemps | Poussin, Nicolas ; France | 1660 / 1664 (3e quart du XVIIe siècle) | INV 7303; MR 2327 | Département des Peintures |
| 11 | cl010061819 | Le Printemps et l'Été | Coypel, Noël ; France | 1660 / 1700 (Fin du XVIIe siècle) | INV 3036; B 1746 | Département des Peintures |
| 12 | cl010061624 | Le Printemps. Bergers et bergères | Anonyme ; France | 1700 / 1750 (1e moitié du XVIIIe siècle) | INV 8863; B 1598 | Département des Peintures |
| 13 | cl010063018 | Printemps. East Bergholt Common (Suffolk) | Constable, John ; Grande-bretagne | 1840 | RF 1241 | Département des Peintures |
| 14 | cl010063616 | Rosny. Vue du village au printemps. | Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille ; France | 1839 | RF 2603 | Département des Peintures |
Lineup¶
We can explore the CSV a litte more using the excellent Lineup widget
import lineup_widget
import pandas as pd
w = lineup_widget.LineUpWidget(df_louvre_printemps)
w.on_selection_changed(lambda selection: print(selection))
w
Spring in East Bergholt¶
An item in common in both collections is a work by John Constable. At the moment we can’t bring the two object images together side-by-side to compare them, but we can look at the V&A painting here using IIIF:
from IPython.display import Image
Image(url = "https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BC6067/full/600,/0/default.jpg")
and you can see the Louvre version (a copy after the engraving by David Lucas) on their website.
Springtime in Paris / Paris in Springtime¶
Further work is needed to identify the best depicition of Paris in Springtime.