View Art Masterpieces In Madrid’s Prado Museum Using Google Earth

Using Google Earth you can view ultrahigh-resolution photos of art masterpieces located in Madrid’s Prado Museum.

Viewing a Velasquez or a Rembrandt in a place like Spain’s Prado museum is a unique experience. Now you can use Google Earth technology to navigate reproductions of the Prado’s masterpieces, delving even deeper into the Prado’s collection. In Google Earth, you can get close enough to examine a painter’s brushstrokes or the craquelure on the varnish of a painting. The images of these works are about 14,000 million pixels, 1,400 times more detailled than the image a 10 megapixel digital camera would take. In addition, you’ll be able to see a spectacular 3D reproduction of the museum.

Thanks to Mom for the tip!

Written by Scott Beale

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