Every day on the Art Project Google+ page we post a snippet of information about a painting, an artist or a talk—and every day, at least one of our 4 million followers has something to say in response. We’re constantly delighted by how the appetite for art online is growing and today we have a veritable feast in store with a swathe of fresh artworks , gigapixel paintings and museums on Street View .New artworks from the famous to the unusual Mario Testino is a world-famous photographer, known for his work in the fashion industry. Fewer people are aware of his photographs focusing on the culture of his native Peru. A new body of photographs called “Alta Moda ” (high fashion), featuring Andean people in traditional and festive dress, is currently on display in Testino’s cultural institution, MATE . And for those of you not lucky enough to visit Lima, you can now see this collection of 27 photos online on the Google Art Project . Waterlilies ,” Rembrandt’s “Portrait of a Man in a Broad-Brimmed Hat ” and Johannes Vermeer’s “The Geographer ” (meaning Art Project now houses 15 of his 34 total works, all contributed by different museums). However, the diversity goes well beyond paintings; from ancestral relics used to worship the dead to an ancient Jinsha gold mask from China thought to have been worn by sorcerers. Often the old contrasts with the new, with inscribed Arabic gemstones existing alongside contemporary glass structures from Germany as you can see in this “Compare” image below.Zoom in to “gigapixel” paintings The Scream ” by Edvard Munch to those chosen by public vote such as “Whitewashing the Old House ” by L.A. Ring. Fra Stalheim ” by Johan Christian Dahl, shown in full on the left below. You’ll see a beautiful landscape. Zoom in, however, and you discover scenes within a scene—a village with smoking chimneys, a woman tending to her child, and cows grazing on the hillside. Details that can’t always be fully appreciated by the naked eye are brought to life online.Immerse yourself in Street View Fondation Beyeler Museum in Switzerland houses a collection of seven Mark Rothko paintings. Now anyone in the world can virtually explore the collection. Monastery of St. John the Theologian on the Greek island of Patmos was founded in 1088 and is a World Heritage Site. In addition to their 116 contributed artworks, you can also explore the architectural splendors of this ancient building.corridors here by clicking on the orange pegman where it appears .creating your own gallery , stumbling across a hidden detail of a painting you thought you knew or simply being inspired by something beautiful. With more than 40,000 total works and 250+ cultural organisations around the globe, we hope the experience will be more enriching than ever.Posted by Marzia Niccolai, Google Art Project
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