Google Art?

Google seems to have its hand in everything lately. New Social Media Platform, Google Events, Google Maps…Google Art! It seems like a logical leap for Google to stay on the creative side. One of my favorite features of Google (besides the ease of search) is the different logos on the homepage for different days and events! My favorite one recently was the Jim Hensen interactive puppets created for his birthday.

Now realizing that this logical and creative jump for Google resulted in Google Art…what is Google Art?

What is the ‘Art Project’?

A unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail. –Google Art FAQ

Sweet! But how does that really help me?

Well if I am interested in art I can:

-       Explore museums with Street view technology!

-       View Artwork at high resolution and learn more about the artwork with expanded view functions?

-       I can even create my own collection!

So perhaps I can do a lot, but why would I want to?

The Google Art Project is amazing for teaching capabilities. Imagine being a High School Art Teacher; just think about it for a second. You can’t afford to take all 60+ of your students from all of you classes to that very prestigious art museum across the country, or even in a few cities over. Money is tight; the students are working part time jobs to pay for Post-Secondary when they are done. So why not use what is now at your fingertips.

Book a computer class, have the class do a virtual tour, they can look at each art piece at their own leisure, they can even use this site for homework assignments later that is easily accessible and more fun than buying an ancient art textbook.

Many other companies, individuals and groups can defiantly use the Google Art Project to their benefit and it looks amazing on all of the museums that have already signed up. Great PR for all of the prestigious museums who have seen the benefit of being online and making themselves more accessible to the general public.

Will you be checking out the Google Art Project? Maybe test out the Street view of a museum you want to visit before your next Vacation to really understand what it will be like when you get there. Expand your experience to last after you visit the amazing museum with all of its spectacular artwork.