Medieval History
Earlier this month Google launched a new online service which will allow art lovers to virtually explore hundreds of famous works found in seventeen galleries from around the world. The Google Art Project brings together some of the company?s unique technology, such as Street View that will allow visitors not only to look at various works of arts, but explore the rooms and places they are kept in. The galleries involved in the project include The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Tate Britain and The National Gallery in London, Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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- Hidden Dimension Of Stonehenge Revealed
A project directed by academics at the University of Sheffield has made the archaeology of the world-famous Stonehenge site more accessible than ever before. Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing Beneath Stonehenge is the first application of its kind to transport...
- Yorkshire Museum Reopens On August 1st
The Yorkshire Museum reopens on August 1st, 2010 following a nine month, £2 million refurbishment project. Five new galleries will showcase some of Britain?s finest archaeological and natural treasures, in brand new interactive displays. The Yorkshire...
- V&a To Begin Work On £30m Medieval And Renaissance Galleries Project
The Victoria and Albert Museum is to put its entire collection of medieval and Renaissance art into one continuous display for the first time, thanks to a £30 million project to improve its galleries. One of the 10 new galleries will feature translucent...
- Museums Of Medieval Art
My recent visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne got me thinking about museums focusing mainly on medieval art. I decided to make a brief list of such museums, with direct links to their collection databases - thousands of medieval artworks can be...
- New Medieval Art Websites, Iii.
I will keep this post very short - there seems to be an ever richer selection of medieval art websites out there. I just want to point out a few I've recently discovered. The Utrecht Psalter Medieval manuscripts in Dutch collections "This database...
Medieval History
Google Art Project brings viritual tours to world?s museums
Earlier this month Google launched a new online service which will allow art lovers to virtually explore hundreds of famous works found in seventeen galleries from around the world. The Google Art Project brings together some of the company?s unique technology, such as Street View that will allow visitors not only to look at various works of arts, but explore the rooms and places they are kept in. The galleries involved in the project include The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Tate Britain and The National Gallery in London, Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- Hidden Dimension Of Stonehenge Revealed
A project directed by academics at the University of Sheffield has made the archaeology of the world-famous Stonehenge site more accessible than ever before. Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing Beneath Stonehenge is the first application of its kind to transport...
- Yorkshire Museum Reopens On August 1st
The Yorkshire Museum reopens on August 1st, 2010 following a nine month, £2 million refurbishment project. Five new galleries will showcase some of Britain?s finest archaeological and natural treasures, in brand new interactive displays. The Yorkshire...
- V&a To Begin Work On £30m Medieval And Renaissance Galleries Project
The Victoria and Albert Museum is to put its entire collection of medieval and Renaissance art into one continuous display for the first time, thanks to a £30 million project to improve its galleries. One of the 10 new galleries will feature translucent...
- Museums Of Medieval Art
My recent visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne got me thinking about museums focusing mainly on medieval art. I decided to make a brief list of such museums, with direct links to their collection databases - thousands of medieval artworks can be...
- New Medieval Art Websites, Iii.
I will keep this post very short - there seems to be an ever richer selection of medieval art websites out there. I just want to point out a few I've recently discovered. The Utrecht Psalter Medieval manuscripts in Dutch collections "This database...