Monday, February 7, 2011

Digital Repository Case Study: Google's Art Project

A neat example of new innovations in digital museum exhibits--"United Nations-like," as the NYT reporter calls it, referring to the way you can "hop" from the Palace of Versailles to MoMA to the Uffizi Gallery, and back again, with a few clicks.

The Work of Art in the Age of Google

Interesting how Google was able to convince several major institutions to collaborate on this project. And also interesting: the copyright obstacles that prevent institutions from including recent works in the experiment.

Super-zoom, van Gogh's "The Starry Night"

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