Paris Muse

Though nothing quite tops visiting the real thing, Google’s new Art Project has democratized the art world in its own way, making the work of the masters accessible in jaw-dropping detail to anybody with a computer. In this TED talk, the man behind the project Amit Sood describes how he conceived the project and its scope:

Using the Street View technology Google implements on its city maps, one can navigate the likes the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the MoMa in New York, the Tate in London, and 14 others including the Versailles palace. You can even curate your own collection by signing into your Google account.