Amit Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web

[tvolm2291]

would it be possible to add a discussion forum to objects?

[tvolm2291]

seeing painting that I had only read about in art history classes..yet when there was someone to speak with...the conversations were terrific....yet I think with google, many of the answers could be found more easily now. ..I recall fondly visiting the national museum in Oslo, the guy at the desk noticed I was interested, fascinated by a painting of a wounded soldier, he came over and spoke with pride, about the work....he also gave me a post card of it free. He said I should learn more about it

[tvolm2291]

Great,had a blast last night with this, although the navigation, zoom takes a little getting use to, the other thing that would really help is a discussion forum. I traveled Europe solo in my early 20's, visiting most major museums. being alone allowed for some great conversations with strangers about art, some time I would come across a work, and just be stunned, but there were many occasions when I lacked someone to share the experience...

[lovelplants]

very nice. love to visit it in web. :0

[Albino1701]

what's your boss doing outside the kitchen man?

[monkeyrecordsnz]

Genius - finally got to go to MoMA.

[nathen607]

This is the first time that i have experience the content before Talk presented

[jiyinyiyong]

非常漂亮的作品

[jiyinyiyong]

非常漂亮的作品

[Mozza314]

I've been neglecting this in my subscriptions box because I thought it would be crap, but it's REALLY REALLY GOOD :-D

[Theworldforacountry]

FANTASTIC!!

[leonidasx666]

Who would have thought that I could get closer to some works of art at home, rather than being there - you know because of glass protector, security, etc.

[Shelby350fan]

Incredible - I am going to create a museum of my collection of moldy food in 5mb format.

[ComplicedeSJuana]

could someone tell me what style and brand of jeans he is wearing? lol i love how the fit him!

[kandan818]

Well Done!! I love google art project.

[kandan818]

Well Done!!

[rccaulfield]

What a waste, a natural history museum theme would be better for the human race then art.

[hiiateursoul]

@rccaulfield natural history museum is yet to come.

[rccaulfield]

@hiiateursoul wow-do tell!

[andyrooney12]

I don't have any artistic talents or any interests in art at all but even I am able to appreciate something like this because I know what a great tool this is. I took an art class in high school where I tried to draw but I failed. I took an art history course in college but I never had any interest in it. Art is part of the human experience and I want to know as much as I can about human history. Even if I never use this tool I am happy for all art enthusiasts who will be able to enjoy this now.

[kreaturen]

Nice :) Maybe western museums should then completely transcend into cyberspace, so that we can finally return all of the arts we have stolen from around the world. No more excuses.

[xjustamem0ryx]

grateful for stuff like this.

museums have a way of sterilizing and distancing the art from the viewer. which is ironic for the intimacy of art.

[spanishforfun]

This is awesome; finally will get my own private collection!

[TheAmarZaidi]

TED should have let him speak for longer, it seemed fascinating.

[zerone7anno]

Awesome .

[Hopefulfilment]

Ok, I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean, whats the difference if it´s modern artists or classical painters? Are you talking about reproductions of modern artists as being a problem? I don't mean to pick at you but are you sure you meant PIRATE copying? :)

[EvanChaim]

AMAZING!!!!!!

[TheCarmel52]

great applied learning I certainly will be creating my own Art museum

[FFSray]

well... this is... nahhh... FUCKING AWESOME!

[NeckPickup]

I am going to make a museum of hilarious comments i leave on youtube, like this one.

[MrMaverickOne]

absolutely kool

[9tee]

Amazing! Fantastic & thank you for telling me about this opportunity.

[NietzscheanKant]

The project is called "Google Art Project", and it is really awesome!

I recommend it for everyone, and I urge you all to both enjoy it yourselves and spread the word about this magnificent undertaking.

[icantsleepsohereiam]

So, if no one is going to the museums, who is paying the bills?

[ogrish84]

@icantsleepsohereiam Who cares! Lets pirate art.

[JLJorgenson18]

Where can I find this?

[elsquibbs]

So meta.

[Illkiron]

this is awesome i've been seeing this for long now

[SEThatered]

I hope such solutions will eliminate the need of pirate copy.

Because who would need to do a copy if you can access it online anyway.

[Hopefulfilment]

@SEThatered Who will "pirate copy" a van Gogh? Art fraud will still exist but I have never heard of pirate copying art work as being a problem. I'm all for this project though.

[SEThatered]

@Hopefulfilment

That is not what i meant.

I mean the artists of today, their artworks are in museums too.

[sambricky]

Wow, I wonder if there are any history museums at that website.

[lexbryan]

simply wow..

[Slashtap3]

Let's go beat a goose

[325982668]

on my way

[gaiagale]

Interesting ...looks a lot like an ad for google though

[cmstair]

@Zasphalahim What? Who told you that?

[triforcelink]

google museum view?

[sakokosa]

Cousin of Raj from big bang theory :D

very interesting application and talk .

[dzntms144]

THANK YOU TED FOR MAKING THE INTRO SO LOUND! My ears hurt...

[akazombie]

@dzntms144 it wasn't any louder than the applause... :/

[opeth84]

googleartproject with com ending

[MaCs1313]

I visit this site often since it was lunched, I enjoined it a lot but it needs more art works!

[cmstair]

@MaCs1313 *enjoyed

[ceasefire066]

good for thieves.

[gaiagale]

@ceasefire066 what?!? is you point?

[ceasefire066]

@gaiagale they can have full map of museums..

just kidding

[FatLingon]

I think they should do a 3D model of the museum so it feels more like walking around instead of these weird zoom-tranportations :)

[donn333]

that guy from google is using safari lol.

[dark14cs]

@donn333 because he's on a macbook?

[Kelertasable]

@donn333 yeah cause it comes with the macs by default

[Lostpanda123]

@donn333 chrome is still in beta, and that is not his mac, but Teds ;)

[SuperiorApostate]

@donn333 it's an apple computer which is probably not his in the first place. just given to him for the presentation.

[cmd2tuts]

@donn333 Lol... someone is getting fired for pointing that out.

[udaanasmaan]

@donn333 Actually all "i product"s (Macbook,iphones & ipads) has "safari" as its default browser.so there is no offense why hez using safari instead of google......

[sensur1]

raj :D

[njupted]

WOW...what an amazing idea!

But interestingly, he wasn't using Chrome to do the demo~isn't he coming from google? lol

[Mrmoc7]

@njupted

Haha, good catch.

[str3123]

Fantastic!

[KilluaXIII]

10 billion pixels? 10000 megapixels? lol that's a wild claim. you sure it wasn't just a 5D mark II?

[mafbbb]

AMAZIIIIIIIIING!

4FREE! OMG GOOD JOB!

[SarahChambersAudios]

Totally amazing, when is this going to be available. Well done Amit.

[rmdort]

@SarahChambersAudios its here googleartproject com/

[Casmo]

10 billion pixels? Are those Google street cars also with those camera's? That's scary!

[Neylonx]

@Casmo i dont think so

[AmusingYeti]

Haha I just went to the museum of modern art in New York on the website and managed to walk out the front door!

[coollikeyodais]

What a great application. 

[AmusingYeti]

Wow this is fantastic!! I am going there now.

[cluelesschimp]

@AmusingYeti What is the website??

[SashkoGrigoriev]

Wow, now i can stay home and sit my fat ass off even more!

[MoOtJeMan]

I've been waiting all week for new topics on TED. Took long enough!