A New Way of Seeing Art

It was recently announced that there will be new way to view art on the internet. Google has developed a project involving a virtual museum that allows online viewers to see thousands of works of art. Viewing art work via the internet is not new. Many art institutions have had their own websites for some time. What I believe makes this new announcement different is that entire galleries are to be available for view. This new endeavor will also allow the work to be viewed up close.

Most of the art museums involved so far in the new project are European. I think only time will tell if this is a successful venture. I have enjoyed viewing art work and educational videos provided by art museums and galleries on the internet. ArtBabble.org is the revolutionary site devoted exclusively to showing art-based digital videos. Indianapolis Museum of Art launched ArtBabble.org in 2009. The partner list continues to grow and includes some very noteworthy institutions.

A virtual museum? I’m not sure why we need one. I don’t believe there is anything that can replace an actual visit to a museum. What this new project will hopefully accomplish is to inspire art lovers to visit the museums to see the real thing.

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