Google
is extending its artwork collection by including, among others, the
Museum of Acropolis, the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Benaki Museum,
in its Google Art project. This project offers a virtual and online
presentation of hundreds of museum exhibits from around the world.
The upgraded edition of Google Art Project now hosts exhibits
involving 151 museums from 40 countries. For 46 of the museums, Google
is also offering visual tours with the Google Street View technology.
Any Google Art Project visitor will now be able to get a 360 degree
tour inside the Museum of Acropolis in Athens from the comfort of their
own home. Moreover, online visitors can zoom-in and discover details in
the artworks thanks to the 2 Gigapixel-sized pictures.
”They certainly wouldn’t let us get this close inside the galleries,”
said Google engineer Piotr Adamczyk, who is on the company’s team that
developed the project, according to AP.
The president of the Museum of Acropolis, Dimitris Pantermalis, told daily Ta Nea
that the museum is looking for as many communication channels with the
public as possible. “The three dimensional and ultra-high resolution of
the sculptures allows the user to get a full view of the exhibits and
study art in a most profound way,” added Pantermalis.
Google Art Project was first launched in February 2011 with 1,000
works of art from 17 museums in 9 countries, including the Tate Gallery
of London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, the Uffizi
Gallery of Florence and the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam.
The upgraded edition of the Project was officially launched last Tuesday in the Art Institute of Chicago.
The three Greek museums will participate in the Project with 693 exhibits.
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