MW2011: National Gallery, London, and Google Art Project

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Summary from the National Gallery, London, about experiences working on Google Art Project.

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Why did we do it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cicciopizzettaro/4297936934/

What did we do?

Detail from David Teniers the Younger, A Man Holding a Glass and an Old Woman Lighting a Pipe

Choosing content

Philippe de Champaigne and studio, Triple Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu

The art of looking

Rembrandt, Belshazzar's Feast

The fine detail

The big picture

Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors

Room by room

Room 11 The National Gallery, London

No copyright

Curating content

Detail from Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures (Flemish about 1620)

What did Google do for us?

Detail from Art Project powered by Google, showing Titian’s The Vendramin Family, National Gallery, London

Did it work?

Detail from Aelbert Cuyp, The Small Dort, about 1650

Launch

http://www.flickr.com/photos/msimdottv/3527353982/

Partnership working

From http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23900255-kate-and-wills-announce-the-date-royal-wedding-on-april-29.do

What we’d do differently

http://www.flickr.com/photos/swamibu/2157620025/

Opening the gates

Detail from Vuillard, The Terrace at Vasouy

Capturing the experience

Room 9 at the National Gallery, London

Capturing the experience

National Gallery Photography: Room 9 at the Gallery

Tell bigger stories

Detail from Domenichino, Saint John the Evangelist © Private collection 2010

Continuous data sharing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/funtik/1175522045/

True democracy

Engraving by E. J. Brewtnall of a Party of Working Men at the National Gallery c.1870 from The Graphic

Was it worth it?

Chardin, The House of Cards