Amazing
So appreciative that this app exists. What generosity that Google even created this, to have this accessibility to art without leaving your home. And they way in which they present it isn’t just “here’s some art, look at it”, you can project masterpieces with your phone on to your own wall, get into sometimes hidden detail of what makes Rembrandt a genius, take virtual tours of the Prada! Almost a crime if you don’t use it.
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A great potential unrealized
So broad and comprehensive it is unusable; you might as well use the internet. If you want specificity, like favorite paintings by favorite artists, Pinterest is more functional. The only competitive advantage this has is geographic locations. Let’s say I want to revisit the Louvre, well this works well for museum tours. Hundreds of thousands of items and articles presumes you have infinite time and no plan. If you like to meander endlessly without goal or outcome, other than killing time, than this is for you. If you want to create order and structure out of your artistic preferences and explore undiscovered items similar to what you love, skip this app. I am going to give it another week and then either delete it or revise the review. Let’s see.
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Really great but...
That little “Google Arts and Culture” banner that always comes down annoys the life out of me. I understand why you would have it there, but its presence stops me from becoming absorbed in a painting. The art should come before your self promo! Like get that moneyyyyyy bish but don’t interfere with the Hopper. Also I would like to see more work from artists such as Bacon, or Freud, or Wyeth, but there’s a lot of other artists on there already and I’m having fun looking at different people’s work, so it’s not a massive issue
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A Brilliant Time Waster!
I have just discovered this app through a friend. How amazing to be able to access all of these museums and galleries across the world with links to information and video clips etc. I am enthralled!
Creating a 360 degree view of arts and culture
I have just stumbled upon this wonderful app, Google Arts & Culture. What a wonderful facility to have during these self-isolating times of Covid 19. Recommended too for teachers of art.
Wonderful but limited by solipsism
The app you have is good and offers many new ways to see a painting if one is limited to accessing the painting in a museum. This is game-changing and needs to be commended.
Positives:
1. Zoom in to see the greater detail. Wonderful!
2. Deep dive into Hokusai’s famous Great Wave. Amazing!
3. Research Renaissance period pieces in context, with high quality Google imagery. Thank you.
Here’s the big distraction element (for a child or any younger people using the app):
- Find a painting based on your selfie. I understand and believe in the power of using egocentrism to get even the most distracted people involved in art viewing. The practice of looking at artwork is personal, so at times can be soul-stirring and challenging but then at other times it takes awhile for me to click into it.
However, explain to me how comparing a selfie of someone is helpful when comparing it to an 18th century painter? What are the benefits other than creating a gimmick. In the best light, I will be encouraged to see younger students to engage in art on this app in response to a selfie they took painting it in their style of a chosen artist based on the algorithms Google uses to select the selfie image. That will be a 5-star worthy app in my eyes. Best, Lewis
Positives:
1. Zoom in to see the greater detail. Wonderful!
2. Deep dive into Hokusai’s famous Great Wave. Amazing!
3. Research Renaissance period pieces in context, with high quality Google imagery. Thank you.
Here’s the big distraction element (for a child or any younger people using the app):
- Find a painting based on your selfie. I understand and believe in the power of using egocentrism to get even the most distracted people involved in art viewing. The practice of looking at artwork is personal, so at times can be soul-stirring and challenging but then at other times it takes awhile for me to click into it.
However, explain to me how comparing a selfie of someone is helpful when comparing it to an 18th century painter? What are the benefits other than creating a gimmick. In the best light, I will be encouraged to see younger students to engage in art on this app in response to a selfie they took painting it in their style of a chosen artist based on the algorithms Google uses to select the selfie image. That will be a 5-star worthy app in my eyes. Best, Lewis
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Google Arts and Culture
The Google Arts and Culture application is the type of application people who are curious about the cultures of the world dream of. To start off the design is in balance with a clear color background and minimal text regarding categories and article titles. Users can easily navigate the main sections of the app from the bottom tab. The app can also be used in various ways whether consuming information from the content provided which ranges from classical artworks articles on historical figures, science as well as a range of other topics. The app can be used to create content by way of galleries the user constructs. The app can even be seen as a observational lens through use of Virtual Reality and Selfies. A short review can’t do this application justice. It is well worth a download just for the ability to enrich your imagination.
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The best museum in the world - in your pocket
It's amazing that you can get this sort of curated content and high quality images of artwork you'd normally have to travel and pay to see. Highly recommended! Check out the print "Pink Fuji" by Hokusai.
scrolling down
enjoying it, but can’t scroll down when looking at artwork :(
Good so far
I’ve only used the app for three minutes before I was prompted for the friggin feedback - so how it can be accurate is beyond me – but the picture matching was a bit of a laugh, though I think you need to improve on your algorithms if you would really like any credibility
good luck with those suggestions
good luck with those suggestions
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