Columbus Museum of Art » Links http://www.columbusmuseum.org cma Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Art Museum with TV’s? http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2011/06/08/the-art-museum-with-tvs/ http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2011/06/08/the-art-museum-with-tvs/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:57:36 +0000 Thomas Deliduka http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/?p=499 Read More...]]> Samsung Exhibition

Samsung is sponsoring an exhibition at Seoul Korea’s Hangaram Museum where you can see major works of art including Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night during their Rêve et Réalité (Dream and Reality) exhibition running from now through September.

Four 46″ LED TV’s are on the wall showing these works of art. A “Digital Smart Docent” at the beginning of the exhibition helps museum attendees learn about the paintings via videos and text on the Samsung Smart TV.

What do you think? Is this the Museum of Tomorrow? A museum cannot get the actual work of art to display so they use a High Definition television screen to display the work of art. While you’re at it, you can provide zoom-in capabilities to see the fine details.

I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it. I think many would believe there is nothing like viewing the real thing in person, but how often can you make it to Paris to see the Mona Lisa?

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]]> http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2011/06/08/the-art-museum-with-tvs/feed/ 0 3-d Mona Lisa http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2009/08/27/3-d-mona-lisa/ http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2009/08/27/3-d-mona-lisa/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:20:39 +0000 Thomas Deliduka http://columbusmuseum.org/about/blog/2009/08/27/3-d-mona-lisa/ This video from Scientific American is a news story about something going on in China. They took artwork and digitized it and made it into 3-d interactive pieces. It’s very interesting.

Check it out here.

~Thomas Deliduka
Director of Information Technology

]]> http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2009/08/27/3-d-mona-lisa/feed/ 0 Five Apps for the Art Lover http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2009/08/10/five_apps_for_the_art_lover/ http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2009/08/10/five_apps_for_the_art_lover/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:30:11 +0000 Thomas Deliduka http://columbusmuseum.org/about/blog/2009/08/10/five_apps_for_the_art_lover/ Read More...]]> I’m a Mac guy at heart. While the Art museum runs windows, for the most part. My heart is on the Mac. I saw this post at The Unofficial Apple Weblog and thought I’d pass it along.

Five Apps for the Art Lover

These apps are for the Mac and for the iPhone, so if you’re a PC user but have an iPhone, you can take advantage of these too, check them out!

~Thomas Deliduka, Director of Information Technology

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One thing they don’t mention in the linked video, but which is included in this article, is that the child’s father is an art dealer. Anyone who’s seen My Kid Could Paint That, a very interesting documentary about another child artist, will remember that the father in that story was himself an artist who at some time had professional ambitions. In both cases the parents have played a big part in the kids’ painting activities… Do you think it’s encouragement or manipulation?

I just hope the kids enjoy what they’re doing. At least one of these child prodigies stuck with it, continuing on to a career in art as an adult after gaining some fame at age eight.

I must  point out that at CMA, our family programs are NOT meant to train children in the techniques and skills of drawing, painting, etc., but are meant to encourage families to engage in all kinds of creative activities at a variety of levels.

That said, it would be interesting to hear what YOU think of these child prodigies. Let us know in the comments.

-Jeff Sims
Educator for Adult Programs/Multimedia Producer

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