Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Google Art Project

Google has created a site, called Google Art Project, which is specifically focused on things artistic.  It links many notable and popular art galleries and museums from around the world, allowing the viewer to explore hundreds of famous artworks and gallery collections online.  Navigation choices are between Explore the museum and View artwork.  The surfaces of selected artworks can be scrutinised in high resolution by zooming in using a sliding bar, the scrolling button the mouse, or selecting the plus or minus sights on the left of the screen.  Expanding the panels reveals information about the artwork, details of other works by the artist and inks to related Youtube videos.  Additional exploration of galleries is available through the interactive Navigate floor plan and Visitor guide.  Students will enjoy viewing the videos provided and expanding their own collections using Create an artwork.

Syllabus classification:  Creative arts, K – 6, Visual Arts 7 – 10

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