Visit the Prado Museum with Google Earth
April 14, 2009
Rembrandt. Velasquez. Jerry’s girlfriend Nina. You and your art history students can now see the works of two of these great masters by visiting Spain’s Prado Museum in Google Earth. In addition to building a fancy 3D rendering of the museum itself, the real draw is the paintings themselves. According to Google, “The images of these works are about 14,000 million pixels, 1,400 times more detailed than the image a 10 megapixel digital camera would take.” These ultra-ultra-ULTRA high-res photos let you see every brush stroke and crack in the centuries-old paint. When you see these great works in such fine detail, you’ll see why they’re in the museum in the first place. -BILL FERRIS
Don’t have Google Earth? You can still view these masterpieces in good old Google Maps. It won’t give you driving directions, however.
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