Prado’s got details (with the help of Google Earth)

The masterpieces of Madrid’s Prado Museum are becoming available in ulta-high resolution thanks to a collaboration between the museum and Google Earth.  Art lovers will be able to zoom in on scientific detail never before visible with the human eye and to use their key controls to navigate to specific sections of a work.  Images are 1,400 times clearer than they would be if taken by a 10-megapixel camera.

The works selected for this project corresponds to the selection of paintings proposed in the 1-hour visit in the Museum. By accesing these works, you will also be able to listen to the audioguide, see the work’s location within the Museum’s plan and read the technical information of each work of art/painting.

The project currently involves fourteen paintings.  Four are up now and one will be added each day for the next two weeks. The paintings include Diego Velazquez’s "Las Meninas," Francisco de Goya’s "Third of May" and Peter Paul Rubens’s "The Three Graces."

To access the paintings: download the Google Earth software, enter Museo del Prado in the search box, click on the square with the museum’s name or you may more simply visit the Prado at Google Maps.

Here’s hoping more museums will take the Prado’s lead!

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