{"id":1170,"date":"2013-12-02T18:37:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T18:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2016-03-21T22:23:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T22:23:43","slug":"google-cultural-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2013\/12\/02\/google-cultural-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cultural Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scene from a museum: you notice a painting that speaks to you; you really want to examine it closely. Alas, you can&#8217;t. (The frowning guard, the milling crowd, the fear of some alarm going off.) And imagine seeing two of your favorite paintings placed side by side so that you can compare say, Gauguin&#8217;s brushstrokes with O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Enter<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/home\" target=\"_blank\"> Google Cultural Institute<\/a>, a website which allows you not only to navigate among hundreds of exhibits and collections from museums around the world but also gives you the option to zoom in on individual artifacts, select and juxtapose works of art, and create your own virtual gallery. Armchair travelers can visit such geographical landmarks as the Great Barrier Reef or the Palace of Versailles. Your digital gallery can include selections from archive exhibitions found in libraries: check out the stunning photographs collected in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/exhibit\/dubliners-the-photographs-of-jj-clarke\/gRa4m70L\" target=\"_blank\">Dubliners: The Photographs of J.J. Clarke (1897-1904)<\/a> from the National Library of Ireland. These vivid images capture the Dublin in which James Joyce lived and wrote about in <em>Dubliners<\/em> and <em>Ulysses<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/View-of-the-River-Liffey.png?resize=640%2C494\" alt=\"View of the River Liffey\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/View-of-the-River-Liffey.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/View-of-the-River-Liffey.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"insertImg size1of2\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another intriguing exhibit highlights Lincoln&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/exhibit\/lincoln-s-gettysburg-addresses\/wReow-98\" target=\"_blank\">Gettysburg address<\/a>. The five versions of the famous speech trace its gestation and evolution.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1172\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Lincolns-Gettysburg-Address.png?resize=581%2C445\" alt=\"Lincoln's Gettysburg Address\" width=\"581\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Lincolns-Gettysburg-Address.png?w=581&amp;ssl=1 581w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Lincolns-Gettysburg-Address.png?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"insertImg size1of2\"><\/figure>\n<p>Google Cultural Institute gives new meaning to the ownership of the worlds cultural treasures: they are only a click away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scene from a museum: you notice a painting that speaks to you; you really want to examine it closely. Alas, you can&#8217;t. (The frowning guard, the milling crowd, the fear of some alarm going off.) 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