Welcome to 2011, everyone.Google's Art Project is a powerful webtool that allows you to access a multitude of Art Museums world Wide.
Once you've arrived at the site, if you click on a specific museum, e.g. Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, the picture will change to one that exists in that museum for e.g. The Bedroom.
If you click on 'View Artwork) beneath the painting, the piece will enlarge for you.
If you use the small image at the bottom right of the screen (I have cropped the image of the screen so don't worry if Van Gogh's painting is cropped in this example) which has a 'slide' - ______________ + capacity to make the image larger or smaller, you can zoom in on details for youir students, for example: Below is a detail from 'The Bedroom'.
Note that the 'slide' is halfway instead of overe to the left in the previous image.
If you click on the 'Van Gogh Museum' writing at the top left of the screen, you will be given a virtual image of the museum itself. You can navigate using the 'compass' at the top left of the screen and also using the 'arrows' that appear in front of the paintings. You can also zoom in and out using the + and - provided beneath the 'compass'. You can navigate to another museum by using the V arrow to the right of the 'Van Gogh Museum' title and you can navigate from painitng to painting within the collection by using the V arrow to the right of 'The bedroom Vincent van Gogh' title at the top of the screen. Whilst in the virtual museum mode, you can also navigate using the floor plan, the link titled: 'floor plan' appears at the top right hand of the screen. There is also a multitude of other useful information available in this mode
Have fun! :)
