Google Arts and Culture

Forgetful Friday

Driving home yesterday and reflecting over the awesome technology ideas discussed and planned at Alta Loma, I realized that I didn't send out a Website on Wednesday. And now I notice that I missed Monday, too. I apologize to all our Blog readers out there. Better late than never. Right?

This cool tool can be accessed as a mobile app from the itunes store or google play store or from the Google Arts and Culture website. Whether on a screen, big or small, art from over a thousand museums across 70 countries are a click away.

In Projects, pick a topic and immerse yourself in art work, articles, stories, videos, online exhibits and 360 virtual tours. Here's a few that caught my eye:

• Day of the Dead
• First World War
• Second World War
• Space Exploration

In Experiments, explore art with machine learning created by coders and artist. 

• Free Fall uses mathematical formulas to place pieces of art into a 3D environment. *Cannot be used on phones. 
• T-SNE Map uses Machine Learning algorithms that lets you explore an interactive 3D landscape of art work. *Cannot be used on phones
• X Degrees of Separation uses Machine Learning to connect 2 random works of art by analyzing features, finding patterns, and creating a chain of art work. 
• Curator Table lets you search a topic, compare works of art and see how they've evolved over time all in a 3D setting. 

You can also search Arts and Culture by

• Artists
• Mediums
• Art Movements
• Historical Events
• Historical Figures
• Places

Keep up with the latest and greatest that Google Arts and Cultures have to offer at their YouTube Channel.

*This is not a site that I would let younger students just explore on their own. As with all things online, it is always best to preview before allowing access in a classroom.