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Google Art Project
Google Art Project
The Art Project is a collaboration between Google and 151 acclaimed art partners from across 40 countries. Using a combination of various Google technologies and expert information provided by our museum partners, we have created a unique online art experience. Users can explore a wide range of artworks at brushstroke level detail, take a virtual tour of a museum and even build their own collections to share. With a team of Googlers working across many product areas we are able to harness the best of Google to power the Art Project experience. Few people will ever be lucky enough to be able to visit every museum or see every work of art they’re interested in but now many more can enjoy over 30 000 works of art from sculpture to architecture and drawings and explore over 150 collections from 40 countries, all in one place. We’re also lucky at Google to have the technology to make this kind of project a reality.
How to use the site
Simply select a museum from the homepage and then either choose ‘Explore the museum’ or ‘View Artwork’. Once you are in the main site use the drop-down menus or the side info bar to navigate between artworks and museums. Finally create and share your own collections online.
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It is a great project. I hope that they will be able to expand to smaller museums in less obvious locations over time. My worry is that the project presents its own Story of Art to its users and the initial iteration was very canonical (I cannot check to updated site at the moment because my National Gallery machine does not support Google Chrome and I had to log a request with the help desk to install it.)
ReplyDeleteOk, now I see that it has expanded significantly, so forget about my previous concern until I have the chance to look through the site (whenever the US gov't allows me to access it.)
ReplyDeleteUS gov't access still pending. Sheesh.
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