Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Online Gallery Provides Close-ups of Masterpieces


The Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid Spain uses technology borrowed from Google Earth to provide fantastic, zoom-able views of 2000 artworks. Browse the Prado's web site to find out what's in the collection, then set your monitor to its highest resolution and search the online gallery by artist or title to view amazing masterpieces by Goya, El Greco, Leoni, Bayeu, and many others. The descriptions are brief yet informative. But the exciting thing about the online gallery is the photography, which is stunning and allows you to see incredible detail when you use the zoom feature!

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