Tag Archive | google art

Do I Have to go to London? Photographer of the Stars – British Photographer David Farrell (1919- 2013)

50 Photographs in London How can you see 50 photographs at a gallery in London? In the day, the only way to see an exhibition, say, of 50 photographs by the celebrated British Photographer, David Farrell, was to go there. Thus, only a few number of people would have access to these works. This produced […]

AMAZON / AUTHORS, YOU, Part 2 – 2015

New Post Goes Up Every Wednesday January 7, 2015 WILL THIS BE THE YEAR OF THE (NEW) BOOK? In our post of November 12, 2014, AMAZON: BOOK, PUBLISHER, SELLER, YOU, we reported on the state of affairs between Amazon and book publishers, quoting an article appearing in the  December 2014 issue of Vanity Fair, “The War of the […]

E – ART: GOOGLE LAUNCHES STREET ART PROJECT

New Post Goes Up Every Wednesday at 8:30 pm ET The following is rebloged from artmarketblog.com GOOGLE LAUNCHES STREET ART PROJECT,  by Nicholas Forrest* – June 11, 2014 “Despite the predictions of certain art world identities that street art was nothing more than a fad, it hasn’t gone away. In fact the market for street […]

E – MUSEUMS vs. E-BOOKS – WHY IS ART “VIRTUALLY” ACCESSABLE BUT LITERATURE IS NOT?

THE RELEASE OF 125,000 PAINTINGS BY THE RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM Nederlandse versie volgt, met dank aan GoogleTranslate / Dutch version follows, courtesy of GoogleTranslate. The Rijksmuseum has recognized a clear distinction between the original works of art of which it is the present “custodian,” and the “Museum” itself. As reported in Art Daily: “One of the […]

E- MUSEUMS WINSLOW HOMER at the PORTLAND MUSEUM of ART

“Gloucester, Mackerel Fleet at Sunset” by Winslow Homer (1884). Oil on panel. Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. New Post goes up each Wednesday, 8:30 pm ET The Portland Museum of Art  presents a rare occasion to see Winslow Homer’s work and the studio where he painted: “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine”  (September 22-December 30, 2012). […]

ENHANCED E- BOOK, E+, BIOGRAPHY – VAN GOGH & POLLOCK

Second in a Series of 3 on The Enhanced e-book, e+. New Post goes up each Wednesday at 8:30 pm ET.30 WHAT CAN BR DONE WITH AN E+ BIOGRAPHY? The possibilities are endless. How about  looking  at what we could do with these two different artists. VINCENT VAN GOGH We’ve chosen Van Gogh: The Life, the […]

E-MUSEUMS: THE VERSAILLES / GOOGLE PARTNERSHIP

GOOGLE ART CONTINUES TO ASTOUND In a unique partnership with Chateau Versailles, GoogleArt and Google Cultural Institute have produced one of the highest examples yet of Fine Art in the New Media. Just take a look at this:

RAISING THE BAR- INNOVATIVE APPS THAT ARE ADVANCING STANDARDS

New Post goes up every Wednesday at 8:30PM EST The New Media Matrix is an integral part of this blog, frequently updated with the newest, most ground-breaking apps and innovations. Of the apps that have been released recently, 3 of them in the field of fine arts & museums, publishing, and photography are exceptional. These […]

E MUSEUMS & THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT – A RECORD OF US

New Post goes up every Wednesday at 8:30PM EST 40,000 YEARS IN TIME Some 40,000 years ago, humans began painting on the walls of caves. For more on this, see The Purpose page. Did they know they were they creating a record for the future? The question challenges our preconceptions of the intelligence of humans […]