{"id":362,"date":"2011-02-01T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-google-art-project\/"},"modified":"2011-02-01T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T21:36:00","slug":"the-google-art-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/the-google-art-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Google Art Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.googleartproject.com\/\">The Google Art Project <\/a>has created a &#8220;street view&#8221; visit to a dozen museums and put up a library of high definition images from the participating museums. This will be a great resource for art and history instructors and everyone interested in art. Resources like these would also make an interesting low cost alternative to a &#8220;textbook&#8221; &#8211; art history textbooks are fairly expensive and lack the magnification and resolution possible with HD computer screens. <\/p>\n<p>For now the following museums are included in the project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin &#8211; Germany<\/li>\n<li>Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC &#8211; USA<\/li>\n<li>The Frick Collection, NYC &#8211; USA<\/li>\n<li>Gem\u00e4ldegalerie, Berlin &#8211; Germany<\/li>\n<li>The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC &#8211; USA<\/li>\n<li>MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC &#8211; USA<\/li>\n<li>Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid &#8211; Spain<\/li>\n<li>Museo Thyssen &#8211; Bornemisza, Madrid &#8211; Spain<\/li>\n<li>Museum Kampa, Prague &#8211; Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>National Gallery, London &#8211; UK<\/li>\n<li>Palace of Versailles &#8211; France<\/li>\n<li>Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam &#8211; The Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg &#8211; Russia<\/li>\n<li>State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow &#8211; Russia<\/li>\n<li>Tate Britain, London &#8211; UK<\/li>\n<li>Uffizi Gallery, Florence &#8211; Italy<\/li>\n<li>Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam &#8211; The Netherlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GThNZH5Q1yY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"540\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0 0 0;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/02\/01\/us-google-museums-factbox-idUSTRE7104C720110201\">Factbox: Google launches online art gallery site<\/a> (reuters.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eu.techcrunch.com\/2011\/02\/01\/google-goes-high-brow-unveils-museum-art-project-powered-by-street-view-indoor-tech\/\">Google goes high brow &#8211; unveils museum Art Project powered by Street View &#8216;indoor&#8217; tech<\/a> (eu.techcrunch.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/art\/art-news\/8296320\/Google-Art-Project-the-7-billion-pixel-masterpieces.html&amp;a=34292398&amp;rid=0884f027-970b-4ac2-8996-c83b592c70e0&amp;e=d8a22a0e3066d0f186bba6c70a6c1938\">Google Art Project: the 7 billion pixel masterpieces<\/a> (telegraph.co.uk)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/technology\/tech-news\/google-touts-game-changer-in-online-art-viewing\/article1889953\/?cmpid=rss1\">Google touts &#8220;game changer&#8221; in online art viewing<\/a> (theglobeandmail.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=0884f027-970b-4ac2-8996-c83b592c70e0\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Google Art Project has created a &#8220;street view&#8221; visit to a dozen museums and put up a library of high definition images from the participating museums. 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