http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/ The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress. - Hendrik Willem Van Loon Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:36:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Morgan Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/#comment-30 i can see why people would want to go with art online because that is where everything is going. but i think it would just take away from the art itself. going to a museum is an experience and rare for some people and putting it onlin would take away from that. i can see why people would want to go with art online because that is where everything is going. but i think it would just take away from the art itself. going to a museum is an experience and rare for some people and putting it onlin would take away from that.

]]> http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-29 RJ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:08:39 +0000 http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/#comment-29 As much as I am pro-technology, I don't think that virtual museums are the same as actually viewing the piece or art work. There are some dimensions that a virtual museum cannot provide, such as the fine details that only the real piece of art can supply. Other things only found in the real piece is texture, something a computer cannot replicate. As much as I am pro-technology, I don’t think that virtual museums are the same as actually viewing the piece or art work. There are some dimensions that a virtual museum cannot provide, such as the fine details that only the real piece of art can supply. Other things only found in the real piece is texture, something a computer cannot replicate.

]]> http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-11 lindsie Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:58:02 +0000 http://MrsGsArtRoom.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/virtual-museum-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-real-thing%e2%80%9d/#comment-11 alright, so i think that art would not be the same if it was being viewed online, although that's a personal opinion. i think that it takes away from the whole experience... and i am more visual.. i have to actually be there to see it right in front of me. that's why i hate art books because - they are too boring. alright, so i think that art would not be the same if it was being viewed online, although that’s a personal opinion. i think that it takes away from the whole experience… and i am more visual.. i have to actually be there to see it right in front of me. that’s why i hate art books because – they are too boring.

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