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So, what's better than #UoYTips? We'll tell you: #UoYLockdownTips. Every lunchtime we want to give you something to do, or watch, or experience, for free, from your own home.
And the first one is...
So, what's better than #UoYTips? We'll tell you: #UoYLockdownTips. Every lunchtime we want to give you something to do, or watch, or experience, for free, from your own home.
And the first one is...
Google Arts & Culture!
Now, this isn't *just* for @ArtHistoryYork students (although it is especially fabulous for them).
EVERYONE can get something out of this website, even if you don't have an artistic bone in your body >>> https://artsandculture.google.com
#UoYLockdownTips
Now, this isn't *just* for @ArtHistoryYork students (although it is especially fabulous for them).
EVERYONE can get something out of this website, even if you don't have an artistic bone in your body >>> https://artsandculture.google.com
#UoYLockdownTips
Allow us to show you some of Arts & Culture's features.
For a start, the photography of art works is immense. It allows you to see more than the naked eye allows, like the absolute SPLODGE* of Van Gogh's paint at the end of this vid #UoYLockdownTips
*Albeit vee artistic spodge
For a start, the photography of art works is immense. It allows you to see more than the naked eye allows, like the absolute SPLODGE* of Van Gogh's paint at the end of this vid #UoYLockdownTips
*Albeit vee artistic spodge
The really exciting bit is Google Street View.
Yes that's right, Street View INSIDE galleries and museums! Here we exploring the National Gallery in London, having a lovely old time. #UoYLockdownTips
Yes that's right, Street View INSIDE galleries and museums! Here we exploring the National Gallery in London, having a lovely old time. #UoYLockdownTips
It's not just galleries and museums, either. You can explore Melbourne Cricket Ground, or The Taj Mahal, or Nina Simone's childhood home, or Hollywood Boulevard...
#UoYLockdownTips
#UoYLockdownTips
Things start to get really interesting when you download the @googlearts app...
Want to see how works of art would look in your house? No problem. #UoYLockdownTips
(Co-starring Daisy the cat...)
Want to see how works of art would look in your house? No problem. #UoYLockdownTips
(Co-starring Daisy the cat...)
Or project entire 3D structures onto your floor and then explore them virtually... #UoYLockdownTips
Finally for our #UoYLockdownTips on Google Arts & Culture, here’s an entire Tanzanian fort in a kitchen...
We’ll show you something else cool tomorrow lunchtime, and if you have suggestions for this thread we’d love to hear them!
We’ll show you something else cool tomorrow lunchtime, and if you have suggestions for this thread we’d love to hear them!
