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Showing posts with label Feb-June 2015 Madrid's Prado Museum Art Exhibition for Blind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feb-June 2015 Madrid's Prado Museum Art Exhibition for Blind. Show all posts
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Madrid's Prado Museum Introduces Unique Art Exhibition for the Blind
The exhibit, titled "Hoy Toca el Prado" opened January 20th and features famous works such as Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and El Greco's El caballero de la mano en el pecho. However, you wont find any originals in this exhibit, all paintings have been recreated with special textures so that people can now feel how the paintings look. Each painting has been "enhanced" using sophisticated 3D printing techniques to give certain fabrics, skins, hairs and other elements unique and identifiable textures.
No bullet proof glass here. Touch this version of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa all you want! (image courtesy of Museo Nacional Del Prado)
And while the exhibit should appeal to the museum's sighted guests with its own unique merits, the museum is also offering opaque glasses so that everyone can experience the exhibit on a level footing.
The reliefs were created using a special technique called “Didu” that adds volume and texture to 2D art.
I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash
Your Smiling Face, James Taylor
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