With VIP Artfair last week and what we've done with ArtReview ( http://artfair.artreview.com/ ) quite some time back ( more coming soon ) the online gallery viewing space is starting to really change. I think this will really help the mass market see gallery content via a very accessible format, which has got to be a good thing. ---- Nick Tong Founder & Managing Director http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktong D: 44 (0)1273 694770 <http://www.talkwebhq.com/> TalkWeb - Beautiful, functional web things. ** <http://development.talkwebhq.com/> <http://design.talkwebhq.com/><http://cms.talkwebhq.com/><http://ecommerce.talkwebhq.com/> * * *development I design I cms I ecommerce | social media* ---- View our latest news: http://blog.talkwebhq.com & http://twitter.com/talkweb ---- Remember if you print this out - recycle it! http://www.talkwebhq.com/email.htm <http://talkwebsolutions.co.uk/email.htm> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Birchall, Danny <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I can see that, and the flat images are indeed pretty impressive.... but > Reina Sofia without Gernika? Also, am I missing something, or does there > appear to not be a master search across all collections? > > Danny > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Ridge Mia > Sent: 01 February 2011 11:34 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MCG] Google Art Project > > That was my first thought, but it does get better if you find your way out > of Streetview-in-a-room mode and into the list of artworks/artists where the > properly flat digitised images are accessible. > > Disappointingly, I can't yet see a way to navigate by artists or style > rather than by venue/collection. > > Cheers, Mia > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > Birchall, Danny > > Sent: 01 February 2011 11:00 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Google Art Project > > > > Really? Glamour zooms of a handful of hero paintings, navigated > through a > > representation of the public gallery layout? 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