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Friday, February 4, 2011
Google's Art Project
OK, am I the last one to this party!?
Did you all already know about this?
I'm at work, having lunch, and my son just made me aware of the Google Art Project! I can't tell you how thrilled I am. Some of you may already be aware of it, but this is news to me, and I love it.
What an amazing idea: we will all have the possibility of intimate views of art masterpieces. Think Google Street Views in the world of art. Think armchair-traveling to the world's finest museums in your own home: the Frick Collection, the Rijksmuseum, The Uffizi Gallery, MOMA, Versailles, the Tate, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Van Gogh Museum, etc...
Yahoo!!!...
...or, well, I should say,... Google.
Way to go, Google.
(Can you tell how excited I am??)
And on a totally unrelated note, if Eric's dad was still alive, today would be his birthday. Happy Birthday, Bob, wherever you are.
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11 comments:
I have never heard of this either. How fabulous. Thanks for sharing. I am all excited too. wow.
I just found out about Google Art too....now have it bookmarked as there are weeks of looking ahead! It is amazing! Thanks for sharing it with everyone! Also enjoyed reading and seeing Churchill's art.
It's news to me, too! What marvelous thing will be next, one wonders?
WHat fantastic news! i'm already enjoying looking through books Google has scanned...this will be great fun!
Isn't this awesome? I was absolutely speechless I was so excited when I first realized they'd done this. It is positively incredible. I love it!
I had no idea!!!! Thank you! How fun! Oh, I might be in trouble though ... I could lose days to this! But in a fun way! Grazie mille!
You're always ahead of the curve Sue.
We're lucky we have you to keep us informed :)
Who knew?
XXX cg
This is just so cool! I'm glad you did a post about it Sue!!!
This brought tears to my eyes---a world that cares this much about art can't be as bad as it sometimes seems. Thank you so much, dear Sue, for spreading the word about the Google Art Project.
I kind of feel the same way, Laura--it does my heart good.
Judy, I was so unaware that they were doing this and I absolutely love it.
Carol, I was sure everyone else knew about this except me, but I'm so glad Eric told me about it.
What a delightful coincidence. I hadn't been on line for a few days. This morning I did my routine blog-check and found your bit about The Google Art Project. Tonight, on television, here in Portugal, a features reporter, whose subject is technology, was reporting on Google Art Project. Now I have no excuse not to bookmark it and extend my daily blogging time!
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