Explore the masterpieces of the Prado Museum
Posted on January 14, 2009
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This is really extraordinary. I have been fortunate to be able to visit this museum and to look at a painting like Roger van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross in person is an experience that is with no equal. Looking at these paintings through Google Earth is about as close to being there as currently exists because the level of detail is so great. These images are up to 14 gigapixel resolution… yeah, GIGApixels. The image I screen grabbed below isn’t even zoomed in that much, the level of zoom and detail is extreme… the bottom image is the tip of the thorn puncturing the middle of the forehead and more zoom was available, although not entirely useful as the image resolution exceeded the resolution of my display.
Today Google launches the Prado layer in Google Earth allowing you to explore highly detailed photographic images of fourteen of the Prado Museum’s masterpieces. The Prado Museum in Madrid is one of Spain’s most visited destinations and via the Google Earth layer you can view and learn about its most famous paintings such as The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas) or The Three Graces (Las Tres Gracias)
[From Google LatLong: Explore the masterpieces of the Prado Museum up close with Google Earth]
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