The castles of the Loire admitted to virtual visit – the New Republic

The Google Cultural Institute puts online images of monuments and works of art made out of eighteen historical landmarks of the area.

to the casual visitor, the guy who walks around on the lawns of Chambord, his eyes fixed on his laptop with a funny hexagonal turret on the back has everything a peaceful wacky as it s ‘meeting in sometimes on the sights. The hit tee with a “G” evocative graphics draws attention, however, as the targets arranged in a circle at the top of the machine.

On inquiry, no need to call an ambulance : the current operation is an image capture, for the accessible virtual tour yesterday on the website of the Google cultural Institute. Eighteen monuments of the Loire Valley have accepted the agreement proposed by the US giant digital which already offers on its digital museum launched in 2011, free access to more than six million cultural objects kept in seventy countries .
at Chambord, collection of images was performed in May. She asked for a work week to two technicians and many upstream trails. “We have carefully chosen locations and works” emphasizes communication service Chambord. “We’ll see on the site twenty pieces, some open to the public and others not, like the attic under the eaves or échansonneries room, covered with drawings by domestic Lady, wife of Gaston d Orleans’ . The turret of the wacky, which can in some cases give way to a cart pushed by hand, take panoramic pictures how Street View, which visitors can access from their desktop, or laptop via a dedicated application.

Democratizing culture

for works of art, conservation chose to highlight two rare paintings that can now look in very high resolution: a full-length portrait of François 1 ^st , ownership of the castle and a painting of the arrival of Louis XIV in Chambord. Technology “gigapixel” used for shooting permits enlargements of details invisible to the naked eye: more for researchers, without leaving their chairs, can now freely navigate from one museum to another.
project manager at the laboratory of the cultural Institute, Sistine Fabre emphasizes, however, the public vocation of the operation: “the first idea is to democratize access to culture and heritage sparking desire for discovery on the ground. For whatever the quality of the virtual tour, nothing will ever replace the emotion that is felt at the foot of a monument such as Chambord “.
The thing obviously goes without saying, and ! even better by saying it

to access the site: https: //www.google.com/ culturalinstitute / beta / project / loire-castles