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| London, photo ©Natalie@CalliopeBoutique |
* London - Tate Modern
* Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum
* St. Petersburg - The Hermitage
* Florence - Uffizi
* Madrid - Museo Thyssen
* Paris - Versailles
(also New York - MoMA)
No vacation-time vanishing acts or boarding queues resembling the line at the ice cream truck's arrival. I must be on something, yes? No. You can now explore some of Europe's most renown attractions, courtesy of Google's Art Project.
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| ZOBOP! by Jim Lambie @MoMA, photo ©J.Gorman |
Google's ambitious project transcends boundaries by offering easy, free access to extraordinary works of art from museums in Europe and the US. You can not only gaze upon these wonders, zooming into some in such detail not possible even in-person, but also do 360-degree tours of the interiors of the famous buildings that house them. Nothing can substitute the experience of strolling through these museums, but Art Project offers a taste of that experience to people of all backgrounds, fostering education and spreading inspiration. All you need is internet access.
Thanks to Art Project, you can enjoy these stunning masterpieces, among others:
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| E. Degas |
* "night vision" and standard views of Ofili's No Woman No Cry at the Tate Modern
* Vermeer's rich and luminous The Love Letter at Rijksmuseum
* Cox's room-filling gilded Peacock Clock at The Hermitage
* Botticelli's iconic Birth of Venus at the Uffizi
* Degas' ethereal Swaying Dancer at the Museo Thyssen
* Versailles' over-the-top, light-filled Hall of Mirrors (click on floorplan, room top-center)
* Van Gogh's Starry Night at MoMA
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| J. Cox |
A truly Exuberant innovation! We heart Google. Hopefully, other museums will heart it, too, and make their mark on the project (ahem, Cooper-Hewitt, Guggenheim, Louvre, Musée D'Orsay, Corcoran). Educated and inspired communities sound like great places to live, work and play, non?
