{"id":16797,"date":"2016-11-18T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/one-mona-lisa-to-go-please\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T19:39:34","slug":"from-paintbrush-to-pixels","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/from-paintbrush-to-pixels\/","title":{"rendered":"From Paintbrush to Pixels"},"content":{"rendered":"

I traveled all the way to France, and I didn\u2019t even get to see it. I stood on my tippy-toes. I stretched my phone into the air to take a selfie. But the gawking gaggle of tourists blocked my path to finally understanding what all the fuss was about. After an eternity of waiting for an opening, I gave up. And as I begrudgingly trudged toward the almost-as-famous statue of Aphrodite, I told myself that it didn\u2019t matter I had walked 40 minutes in the rain from my hotel to the Louvre: the Mona Lisa was overrated anyway.<\/p>\n

My above experience represents many people\u2019s attempts to see some of the world\u2019s greatest works of art. Adding to my frustration is the fact that the works are strewn throughout the world. And while I\u2019ve made attempts to attend at least one museum every place I\u2019ve traveled, there are so many masterpieces that I haven\u2019t even come close to seeing \u2026 until now.<\/p>\n

The Digitization of Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to a novel push by many the world\u2019s museums, the Mona Lisa in high-definition is just a click away. In contrast to my initial attempt to meet Mrs. Lisa, now I can analyze every one of Da Vinci\u2019s brushstrokes and see the micro-cracks in the paint.[i]<\/p>\n

\"mona-eye\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Holbein\u2019s The Ambassadors<\/em> has always been one of my favorite pieces. And the National Gallery\u2019s super high-definition scans have allowed me to see more details that I could have ever expected.<\/p>\n

\"holbein-circled\"<\/a> \"holbein-map\"<\/a>[ii]<\/p>\n

Even presidential portaits are getting the digital treatment!<\/p>\n

\"dpo_obamabust_3views_0-1\"<\/a>[iii]<\/p>\n

People of the future are going to know exactly<\/em> what our leaders looked like. Sorry Donald!<\/p>\n

\"naked-donald-trump-statue-zoom-1121542e-baa5-4c96-ac12-c49871ea2068\"<\/a>[iv]<\/p>\n

Not anything new<\/strong><\/p>\n

This new technology stretches across millions of the major works within the world\u2019s best museums, including the Louvre, the Smithsonian, the National Gallery, and many others. The Smithsonian alone is currently working to digitally catalog over 14 million pieces![v]<\/p>\n

But this is nothing new; museums have long been at the forefront of digitization. The first museum audio tour was introduced in 1952.[vi] In 1995, the International Council of Museums released an official statement that urged museums to start using the internet, way before the world knew just how big of a role the internet would play in everyone\u2019s daily life.[vii]<\/p>\n

Other uses of digitization<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most obvious benefits of the new imaging technology is that anyone can access the images from around the world. This allows more people to see and analyze the works, facilitating more complete discussion and crowdsourcing research. Finally, the museums have a chance to deliver artistic education to anyone with a computer and an internet connection.<\/p>\n

It also presents commercial opportunities. The Rijksmuseum, for example, was one of the first to release its images for free so that they could be printed on iPhone cases, pillows, handbags, and other accessories.[viii] The museum administration\u2019s thoughts were that people were going to pirate the images anyway, so why not provide the images in high definition?<\/p>\n

Finally, the new methodologies have proven to solve long-standing disputes over artifact ownership. Recently, the Smithsonian managed to return artifacts to Native American burial grounds because the scans were so high definition, that the 3D-printed replicas were identical to the real things. The Native American tribes were so impressed, that many requested a few copies for themselves![ix]<\/p>\n

Finally, by maintaining high-definition scans of the world\u2019s greatest works, the artistic community is guaranteeing that cultural heritage continues to exist even physical manifestations are one day destroyed either by natural disaster or human malice. For example, when the Taliban demolished the Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001, the physical works were lost forever. But the existence of high definition photographs, allowed the statues to be resurrected with light. See below:<\/p>\n

\"afghanistans-buddha-of-bamiyan-resurrected-using-3d-lasers-3\"<\/a>[x]<\/p>\n

Potential Downsides<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the potential downsides is that people may believe that a digital image is a substitute for seeing the real thing. But overall, this has proven not to be the case, as museum attendance continues to reach new highs around the globe.[xi] Perhaps greater access and broader education\u00a0merely whets and doesn’t satiate the human desire for art and creativity.<\/p>\n

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SOURCES:<\/p>\n

[i] The Louvre, “Mona Lisa – Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo,” http:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/oeuvre-notices\/mona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo\/, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[ii] Google Arts & Culture, “The Ambassadors,” https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/beta\/asset\/the-ambassadors\/bQEWbLB26MG1LA, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[iii] Smithsonian Institution, “Smithsonian Creates the First-ever 3D Presidential Portrait,” \u00a0https:\/\/dpo.si.edu\/blog\/smithsonian-creates-first-ever-3d-presidential-portrait, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[iv] US Magazine, “Why Are THere Naked Donald Trump Statues All Over the United States?,”\u00a0http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-are-there-naked-donald-trump-statues-all-over-the-us-w435180, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[v] Smithsonian Magazine, “What Digitization Will Do for the Future of Museums,”\u00a0http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smithsonian-institution\/what-digitization-will-do-for-the-future-of-museums-2454655\/, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[vi] Ross Parry, “Recoding the Museum: Digital Heritage and the Technologies of Change,”\u00a0https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=02R_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT165&lpg=PT165&dq=ICOM+policy+statement+1995+internet&source=bl&ots=LPcJ6s25nO&sig=TbZNPrdMo_SpH4Sg2xm32rmLOb4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRhaGnj7HQAhXrwlQKHdNYD_8Q6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=audio%20tour&f=false, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[vii] Museum Whisperings, “Audio Tour Etiquette,”\u00a0https:\/\/lyndalllinaker.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/10\/audio-tour-etiquette-in-museums-and-galleries\/, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[viii] New York Times, “A Museum at the Forefront of Digitization,”\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/14\/arts\/international\/a-museum-at-the-forefront-of-digitization.html?_r=0, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[ix] \u00a0Smithsonian Magazine.<\/p>\n

[x] Wonderful Engineering, “Afghanistan’s Buddha Statues Destroyed By Taliban Get Another Life With 3D Lasers,”\u00a0http:\/\/wonderfulengineering.com\/afghanistans-buddha-statues-destroyed-by-taliban-get-another-life-with-3d-lasers\/, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[xi] Rijksmuseum, “Rijksmuseum sees record attendance in 2014,”\u00a0https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl\/en\/press\/press-releases\/rijksmuseum-sees-record-attendance-in-2014, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

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