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LISTENING!
HOLIDAYS/THE!ARTS!
WALK!AROUND!THE!WORLD’S!TOP!GALLERIES!AT!HOME!
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FROM!:!EURONEWS,!3.2.2011!
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The!Starry!Night,!!
Vincent!Van!Gogh!
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Amsterdam!
Rijksmuseum(
Van(Gogh(Museum(
Berlin!
Alte(Nationalgalerie(
Gemäldegalerie(
Florence!
Uffizi(Gallery(
London!
National(Gallery(
Tate(Britain(
Madrid!
Museo(Reina(Sofia(
Museo(ThyssenEBornemisza(
Moscow!
The(State(Tretyakov(Gallery(
New!York!City!
MoMa,(The(Museum(of(Modern(Art(
The(Metropolitan(Museum(of(Art(
The(Frick(Collection(
Prague!
Museum(Kampa(
St.!Petersburg!
The(State(Hermitage(Museum(
Versailles!
Palace(of(Versaille(
Washington,!DC!
Freer(Gallery(of(Art,(Smithsonian(
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What!is!the!‘Art!Project’?!
A! unique! collaboration! with! some! of! the! world’s! most! acclaimed! art!
museums! to! enable! people! to! discover! and! view! more! than! a! thousand!
artworks!online!in!extraordinary!detail.!
Explore! museums! with! Street! View! technology:! virtually! move! around!
the! museum’s! galleries,! selecting! works! of! art! that! interest! you,!
navigate! though! interactive! floor! plans! and! learn! more! about! the!
museum!and!you!explore.!
Artwork! View:! discover! featured! artworks! at! high! resolution! and! use!
the! custom! viewer! to! zoom! into! paintings.! Expanding! the! info! panel!
allows! you! to! read! more! about! an! artwork,! find! more! works! by! that!
artist!and!watch!related!YouTube!videos.!
Create! your! own! collection:! the! ‘Create! an! Artwork! Collection’!
feature! allows! you! to! save! specific! views! of! any! of! the! 1000+!
artworks!and!build!your!own!personalised!collection.!Comments!can!be!
added! to! each! painting! and! the! whole! collection! can! then! be! shared!
with!friends!and!family.!
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If(you(are(one(of(those(people(who(mean(to(visit(more(museums(and(galleries(but(just(keep(putting(it(off,(well(
the(excuses(are(running(out.(The(Google(Art(Project(means(you(can(take(a(virtual(stroll(around(17(of(the(world’s(
greatest(museums,(without(leaving(your(home.(
Google(used(the(same(technology(in(the(galleries(as(they(did(in(street(view.(Technicians(have(spent(the(last(18(
months(pushing(cameras(around(galleries(in(several(cities,(360(degree((views(of(the(room.(People(can(click(on(
links(and(find(out(more(and(post(comments.(
Amid!Sood(:(()(
The( site( was( officially( launched( at( the( Tate( Britain( in( London.( Organisers( are( adamant( it( is( not( intended( to(
replace(the(experience(of(actually(going(to(a(museum.(Rather(they(imagine(it(will(inspire(people(to(seek(out(the(
real(thing.(
Amid!Sood(:(()(
Each(of(the(museums(chose(one(artwork(to(get(the(gigapixel(treatment,(the(photo(capturing(technology(people(
can(view(an(image(with(7(billion(pixels,(which(means(you(can(see(details(not(visible(to(the(naked(eye.(
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VIDEOTAPE!:!http://www.euronews.net/2011/02/03/walkUaroundUworldUsUtopUgalleriesUatUhome!
PHOTO:!http://www.euronews.net/tag/internet;!http://www.overstockart.com/starrynight.html!
TEXT!IN!BOX!:!http://www.googleartproject.com!
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