Google Spectacular draft for the first time ever digitized works Museo del Prado to a high resolution so we can see the pictures from our house and with a level of detail even higher than could be achieved by looking at the paintings in the very direct. Digital technology proposes marriage to high art, making the viewing of the works on a feast for the senses. Long live the newlyweds! The Museo del Prado offers from today, Internet users around the world to admire the subtle details of 14 major masterpieces, thanks to a Google Earth tool that you can see images with greater sharpness 1,400 times would be obtained with a digital camera about 10 megapixels. The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Three Graces, or The Knight of the hand on the chest can be observed with a microscopic quality that lets you see things that are not watching the tables get naked eye. "A picture does not replace the experience of the work on stage, but these size reproductions providing prodigious realism" acknowledged Miguel Zugaza, director of the Museo del Prado, who has shown really proud to be the first gallery in the world that has brought their works to the Internet in this pioneering initiative from Google. "It's a unique vision. In the museum we can not bring much to the table or need a ten-foot ladder to get these visions," he explained during the presentation of this new service Clara Rivera, head of Google Spain and geolocation promoter This project will launch occurred in that 10% of time the browser freeing employees to examine new ideas.
14 masterpieces are made available to the public
Google has funded this entire project has been photographed, in collaboration with the Madrid company Mad Pixel, the 14 masterpieces of the Prado in mega high resolution and then compose the whole picture as if it were a digital puzzle. A total of 8,200 photographs were made (1,600 photos only to The Garden of Delights). This system allows you to browse the site, zoom in and select the item to be extended thanks to the 14,000 megapixel resolution images. With such precision you can see things like the stitching on the canvas of "Las Meninas" by Velazquez, the details hidden in "The Garden of Earthly Delights" Bosch, tears almost imperceptible San Juan in "The Descent" by Roger Van der Weyden and the bee lands on a flower of the "Three Graces" by Rubens. The taking of photographs took more than 3 months of work, which made the photographers at night. Another 4 months were required to have ready navigation through Google Earth.
"What better way to pay tribute to the great masters who universalize their art and make it accessible to more people," he reflected Zugaza who wanted to clarify that the criterion for selection of the works has responded to a didactic element. "There are 14 essential works on the visit Museo del Prado, but in my opinion could include 1,000 who are exposed, "added the director. For now, Google does not plan to make similar projects in other museums. It has not even revealed the cost of this magnificent initiative but say that if you think in future welcome additions. In other words, the Museo del Prado, today is a privilege. And we be able to see it.
14 masterpieces are made available to the public Google has funded this entire project has been photographed, in collaboration with the Madrid company Mad Pixel, the 14 masterpieces of the Prado in mega high resolution and then compose the whole picture as if it were a digital puzzle. A total of 8,200 photographs were made (1,600 photos only to The Garden of Delights). This system allows you to browse the site, zoom in and select the item to be extended thanks to the 14,000 megapixel resolution images. With such precision you can see things like the stitching on the canvas of "Las Meninas" by Velazquez, the details hidden in "The Garden of Earthly Delights" Bosch, tears almost imperceptible San Juan in "The Descent" by Roger Van der Weyden and the bee lands on a flower of the "Three Graces" by Rubens. The taking of photographs took more than 3 months of work, which made the photographers at night. Another 4 months were required to have ready navigation through Google Earth.
"What better way to pay tribute to the great masters who universalize their art and make it accessible to more people," he reflected Zugaza who wanted to clarify that the criterion for selection of the works has responded to a didactic element. "There are 14 essential works on the visit Museo del Prado, but in my opinion could include 1,000 who are exposed, "added the director. For now, Google does not plan to make similar projects in other museums. It has not even revealed the cost of this magnificent initiative but say that if you think in future welcome additions. In other words, the Museo del Prado, today is a privilege. And we be able to see it.
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