New Link Notice:
An important message for our community
that are aware or not aware of the recent copyright situation regarding
the pdf released on our blog titled: Allegory of the Continents Volume 1
through 8 on our Archives.org account and on YouTube channel, Etc. We
were respectively contacted by the owner of these images and asked to
remove any pieces of work pertaining to the PDF Allegory of the
Continents from our media channels.
Within our constructive
conversation, they have given our group permission to link directly to
their site to where these vary images are hosted. Their database will be
accessible free of charge, without any need to create an account for
many years to come.(https://erdteilallegorien.univie.ac.at/erdteilallegorien)
Which includes all images that were added into the PDF Allegory of the
Continents. You are free to use this particular site within a public
educational setting, as long as no images are downloaded and alter or
distributed back online in anyway they weren’t intended.
If you
already had access to the PDF, please do not re-upload this specific PDF
titled: Allegory of the Continents . Only share or teach with this
specific PDF within a private setting, please do not re-upload it
online. If you want to teach about these images in a public settings,
please use the official links (https://erdteilallegorien.univie.ac.at/erdteilallegorien) provided us for your future presentations, whether it be for students, family, friends or others alike.
Many
will notice the site is in Germanic, but we have also been giving
permission to use one of the many web browser translation functions, or
apps like (https://translate.yandex.com/en/translate) to translate a
specific image descriptions while teaching about these images in a
public setting through the official website. Be aware that some of the
translations for the titles might not translate properly, but enough for
you to understand the descriptions on the site.
During the time
we have had the PDF up, we have gotten many requests for a printed copy ,
which we weren’t able to provide at the time due to we didn’t own the
rights to these images and only shared them for educational purposes,
But they have also made us aware that, If you would like to purchase an
official hardcover copy of their key English publication, which includes
their research and photographs of these paintings and statues.
For complete details about this book, see preface here: https://media.dav-medien.de/sample/9783515114578_p.pdf
Consider
purchasing this book as your appreciation for their hard work in
bringing you these images, that would have never been seen If they
didn’t take the time out of their days, to go out to each individual
location across Germany to capture them. As I was told, these images
will be hosted online for many years to come. So please make the new
links provided the central hub when teaching about these specific
photographs of these Allegory paintings and statues, keeping the
original works attached to the original owners.
Thanks Much love and respect. More information will be posted as it comes.
