mw2011: national gallery, london, and google art project
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Summary from the National Gallery, London, about experiences working on Google Art Project.TRANSCRIPT
Why did we do it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cicciopizzettaro/4297936934/
What did we do?
Detail from David Teniers the Younger, A Man Holding a Glass and an Old Woman Lighting a Pipe
Choosing content
Philippe de Champaigne and studio, Triple Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu
The art of looking
Rembrandt, Belshazzar's Feast
The fine detail
The big picture
Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors
Room by room
Room 11 The National Gallery, London
No copyright
Curating content
Detail from Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures (Flemish about 1620)
What did Google do for us?
Detail from Art Project powered by Google, showing Titian’s The Vendramin Family, National Gallery, London
Did it work?
Detail from Aelbert Cuyp, The Small Dort, about 1650
Launch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msimdottv/3527353982/
Partnership working
From http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23900255-kate-and-wills-announce-the-date-royal-wedding-on-april-29.do
What we’d do differently
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swamibu/2157620025/
Opening the gates
Detail from Vuillard, The Terrace at Vasouy
Capturing the experience
Room 9 at the National Gallery, London
Capturing the experience
National Gallery Photography: Room 9 at the Gallery
Tell bigger stories
Detail from Domenichino, Saint John the Evangelist © Private collection 2010
Continuous data sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funtik/1175522045/
True democracy
Engraving by E. J. Brewtnall of a Party of Working Men at the National Gallery c.1870 from The Graphic
Was it worth it?
Chardin, The House of Cards