[Ponte Alto] Italian Artworks Online

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That is so cool. 

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On Oct 1, 2010, at 11:16, Robert Capozello <afpopa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ROME – Imagine being so close to Botticelli's Venus that you can see the strands of her blond hair, the shades of pink in her cheeks, the cracks in the centuries-old paint.
> That sensation is now just a click away.
>  
> This week, an Italian company has put high-resolution images online of "The Birth of Venus" and five other masterpieces from the Uffizi gallery in Florence, including works by Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci.
>  
> By zooming in with the click of a mouse, the smallest details can appear — even ones that aren't ordinarily visible. The images have a resolution of up to 28 billion pixels — about 3,000 times stronger than that of an average digital camera.
>  
> The images are available to view free until Jan. 29 at the Web site http://www.haltadefinizione.com.
> 
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