Gálvez
03-01-2011, 03:10 PM
Explore Art Museums Around the World with the Google Art Project
Updated 10. February 2011 - 4:00 by rhiannon (http://www.techsupportalert.com/users/rhiannon)
Google's collaboration with art museums around the world produces a winning combination.
The Google Art Project has over one thousand artworks online gathered from art museums around the world.
Art lovers will truly enjoy this site - the many works online bring the art to you without needing to travel to each museum. :)
A bit about the project: all the artwork and galleries have been curated by the individual museums, with each museum deciding the number of galleries, what artwork, and what information to include.
The site can be explored with Google's Street View technology (choose Explore the museum from the menu) and using the Artwork view (choose View Artwork from the menu). You can also create your own collections. Here's a list of the museum's currently participating in the project:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin - Germany
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC - USA
The Frick Collection, NYC - USA
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Germany The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC - USA
MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC - USA
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid - Spain
Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid - Spain
Museum Kampa, Prague - Czech Republic
National Gallery, London - UK
Palace of Versailles - France
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - Russia
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow - Russia
Tate Britain, London - UK
Uffizi Gallery, Florence - Italy
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Site navigation is fairly straightforward using directional arrows, drop down menus and side bars.
You can also visit the Art Project’s YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/googleartproject).
All images on the site are copyright protected by the individual museums, and the site itself is subject to Google's Terms of Service.
It's an amazing collaboration, well worth a visit if you like artwork. It's easy to lose a lot of time at this site.
From time to time the site would load a bit slow while I was visiting. It could be site traffic, a slow connection where I am, or the high resolution images loading. If you're on a dial up connection I would visit the site to see how it loads for you.
You'll need a Flash enabled browser to view the site.
Art Project, powered by Google (http://www.googleartproject.com/)
Enjoy,
Rhiannon
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/explore-art-museums-around-world-google-art-project.htm
Updated 10. February 2011 - 4:00 by rhiannon (http://www.techsupportalert.com/users/rhiannon)
Google's collaboration with art museums around the world produces a winning combination.
The Google Art Project has over one thousand artworks online gathered from art museums around the world.
Art lovers will truly enjoy this site - the many works online bring the art to you without needing to travel to each museum. :)
A bit about the project: all the artwork and galleries have been curated by the individual museums, with each museum deciding the number of galleries, what artwork, and what information to include.
The site can be explored with Google's Street View technology (choose Explore the museum from the menu) and using the Artwork view (choose View Artwork from the menu). You can also create your own collections. Here's a list of the museum's currently participating in the project:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin - Germany
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC - USA
The Frick Collection, NYC - USA
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Germany The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC - USA
MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC - USA
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid - Spain
Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid - Spain
Museum Kampa, Prague - Czech Republic
National Gallery, London - UK
Palace of Versailles - France
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - Russia
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow - Russia
Tate Britain, London - UK
Uffizi Gallery, Florence - Italy
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Site navigation is fairly straightforward using directional arrows, drop down menus and side bars.
You can also visit the Art Project’s YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/googleartproject).
All images on the site are copyright protected by the individual museums, and the site itself is subject to Google's Terms of Service.
It's an amazing collaboration, well worth a visit if you like artwork. It's easy to lose a lot of time at this site.
From time to time the site would load a bit slow while I was visiting. It could be site traffic, a slow connection where I am, or the high resolution images loading. If you're on a dial up connection I would visit the site to see how it loads for you.
You'll need a Flash enabled browser to view the site.
Art Project, powered by Google (http://www.googleartproject.com/)
Enjoy,
Rhiannon
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/explore-art-museums-around-world-google-art-project.htm