In academia, painters are often taught not to paint from photographs. They are told that, no matter how fascinating the picture, inevitably the end result will be flat and uninteresting. In theory, I agree with this logic: photos, as objects, are boring and 2-dimensional. Why should you pain[...]
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February 1st, 2011 - 6:53 PM § in Internet
Google Art Project Brings The Museum To Your Screen
Announced today, the Google Art Project takes the experience of visiting a fine art museum and makes it virtual, available through the Internet. Although this is not the first attempt to transfer the museum to the computer desktop — many organizations have experimented with this ever since u[...]