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Top News - Google makes famous artwork more accessible - 0 views

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prado museum googleearth

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 19 Jan 09 - Cached
  • said to be the first of its kind involving an art museum. It involves 14 of the Prado's choicest paintings,
  • the images now available on the internet were 1,400 times clearer than what would be rendered with a 10-megapixel camera.
  • "With Google Earth technology, it is possible to enjoy these magnificent works in a way never previously possible--obtaining details impossible to appreciate through [even] firsthand observation," he said during a news conference at the museum.
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  • The project involved 8,200 photographs taken between May and July last year, which were then combined with Google Earth's zoom-in technology.
  • "With the digital image we’re seeing the body of the paintings with almost scientific detail," Zugaza said. "What we don’t see is the soul. The soul will always only be seen by contemplating the original."
  • Barbara Lindsey on 19 Jan 09
     
    Spain's Prado Museum has teamed up with Google Earth for a project that allows people to view the gallery's main works of art from their computers--and even zoom in on details not immediately discernible to the human eye.
Barbara Lindsey

Explore the world with Google Earth - butterscotch - 0 views

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googleearth tutorial videos

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 08 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 08 Jan 10
     
    Multi-part series that gives a basic overview of Google Earth
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