I just learned, through Andrew Taylor’s excellent blog (the Artful Manager) of a new capacity that Google Earth is now offering: the ability to inspect the paintings at Madrid’s Prado Museum in extreme close-up detail. In other words, Google gives us the ability to become a housefly buzzing around in front of masterpieces thousands of miles away.
Now how damn cool is THAT?
You have to have Google Earth installed, but it’s a fun toy anyway. Once you do, you can find the Museum’s images by drilling down from the Layers sidebar (Geographic Web > Places > Preview > Museo Prado > a doohickey > Museo Nacional …) and you’ll get to its “Masterpieces” area. There are 14 paintings currently available. I zoomed in on a portion of the horse’s eye and armor for “Emperor Carlos V on Horseback”.
Wow.
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