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Explore Art, History, and Culture Online

Discover a world of art, history, and culture with resources from various museums and cultural institutions. Explore museum collections, 360° videos, stories, historical figures, and famous landmarks. View high-resolution images and access thousands of artworks in the public domain. Bring museums to your library with printed posters and teaching tools. Get inspired, learn, and share with patrons!

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Explore Art, History, and Culture Online

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  1. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington Google Arts & Culture 101 Presented by Sarah Burris Community Relations and Marketing Coordinator Northwest Regional Library System

  2. https://artsandculture.google.com/ • Features resources from various museums and cultural institutions!

  3. Museum Collections • Art Camera • 360° videos • Stories • Historical Figures and Events • Street Views of Famous Sites and Landmarks • EXPLORE

  4. Online Exhibits • including photos, videos, and more!

  5. Primary Resources organized in one place.

  6. World War II Video: American commentated account of the Normandy landings, 1944 FDR’s D-Day Prayer, June 6, 1944 • Forged Identity Card • 1941/1945

  7. Google 360° Videos • https://artsandculture.google.com/project/360-videos • Watch videos, performances and stories. • Some are VR (Virtual Reality) compatible with Google Cardboard!

  8. Download Google Arts & Culture App to phone. • Watch360° VR Videos with Google Cardboard!

  9. ART • View pieces from around the world in higher detail that you would experience in the museum. • You can create an account – save your Favorites • Create collections

  10. Search • Artist • Museum • Art Title Favorite Copy Link Share • Details • about • Artwork

  11. You can EXPLORE artworks, zooming in to see detailed brushstrokes.

  12. Move slide over

  13. COLLECT your favorites!

  14. It’s All About That Res • High Resolution Images • Many close-up photos are taken of the piece in high resolution and then stitched together. • Example shows camera locked in one position. The painting can move to keep consistency. • National Gallery of Art Imaging Studio • Sebastiano Ricci • The Last Supper, 1713 / 1714 • Painting

  15. SLIGHT • Google Arts has lead to better access to High Resolution images on museum websites.

  16. THOUSANDS OF IMAGES • in Public Domain/Open Access • Some museums do request you to attribute the source of the image. • Example: Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program. • National Gallery of Art https://images.nga.gov/en/page/show_home_page.html • The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection • Yale University Art Gallery https://artgallery.yale.edu/collection/search • J. Paul Getty Museum Open Content http://search.getty.edu/gateway/landing • Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en

  17. Creative Commons Zero (CC0) • Used for both personal OR commercial purposes without limitation. • Public Domain – Artwork created by an artist who died 70 years ago. • Museums want to share to increase art education and appreciation! AMAZING!!

  18. Encourages Creativity!! File size for download depends on museum – think of the possibilities!! Rijksmuseum Public Domain jpegs are 4500 x 4500 pixels on average! Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en

  19. Bring Museums to the Library • Print posters for Library Art Exhibit. • Italian Renaissance • Impressionism • Photography (Mathew Brady or Dorothea Lange) • Print for in-house book displays. • Teaching tools for Art History or History Class. • Share with patrons if they are looking for images. • Additional Questions? Email the museum directly! Book Display Backdrops Boating / Adventure / Ocean / Japan / Nature Katsusika Hokusai, The Great Wave (c 1830-32) Metropolitan Museum of Art

  20. FREE Art History eBooks too! • MetPublications • Getty Publications Virtual Library • National Gallery of Art Backlist Titles

  21. Questions?! • Sarah Burris • sburris@nwrls.com • Community Relations and Marketing Coordinator • Northwest Regional Library System

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