Living in an age of great technology has its perks. The Museo del Prado in Spain has developed an app, Second Canvas, that allows users to immerse themselves in 14 of the gallery's art pieces, including Goya, Valequez, Rembrandt, and many others. What's awesome about this app is that not only does it let you zoom in extremely close to see the brushstrokes and the cracks caused by time, which is not visible to the naked eye, but it also lets the user explore LAYERS of the painting. Beneath the finished result, we get to see an X-ray version of the painting, which makes viewing the painting an intimate experience. This is pretty revolutionary, since the opportunity to see paintings in such a vulnerable state is only available to those who work at the gallery.
I'm very excited for this app because I find a thrill in being able to study paintings in its sheer nakedness, stripped of its polished perfection, that most art lovers and visitors are accustomed to. To be able to see the imperfections, corrections, and small alterations to the painting, is both poetic and educational.
Users can access the app while strolling through the gallery. For those of us that can't visit the Museo del Prado in person to see the sheer beauty of the 14 paintings, can use this app from home, on the iphone and ipad! Second Canvas is now available for download through the app store. For more details and tour of the product, please visit here.
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