Bookmarks: Large-scale virtual exhibition of Bruegel the Elder

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"Bruegel: unprecedented masterpieces"

About five years ago (to be exact, in February of 2011), Google launched one of its global initiatives - the Google Cultural Institute - and, in particular, the Google Art Project platform: the largest online collection of works of art stored in museums 40 countries. Among the first partners of the project were 17 major world museums from Tate Britain to the Tretyakov Gallery and the Hermitage. Now the site can be seen in the smallest detail millions of works of completely different artists and eras, virtually wander through the museum halls without leaving home, and even make up your own "collections" of your favorite.

However, if the phrase "world archive of art" and "millions of works" drives you into a stupor, you can start with obvious masterpieces. Thus, by the 5th anniversary of the project, the Google Cultural Institute opened a separate online exhibition of one of the great masters - the Dutch painter Peter Bruegel the Elder. The project is not for nothing called “Bruegel: unprecedented masterpieces” - mere mortals haven’t been seen in such a volume of Bruegel yet: here, with dizzy detail, works from the collections of 8 world museums, many of which have never traveled around the world, were digitized. Moreover, to help understand the painter's heritage, the curators of museums made up of virtual exhibits 19 thematic exhibitions, where there is even a “Bruegel for children” or “Winter through the eyes of Bruegel”, as well as detailed tours of several individual paintings, including “Beating up babies” and The Tower of Babel.