tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post6203905042626164202..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Cruising Dubai with Video Street ViewJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-45756704578564029982011-02-12T19:38:52.381-05:002011-02-12T19:38:52.381-05:00I like following the progress of Dubai's super...I like following the progress of Dubai's supertall construction projects on forums such as SkyscraperCity. Funny thing though; the city and streets nearly always seem strangely deserted. And I have to wonder how sound is the economic rationale of building so many tall buildings when there appears to be plenty of space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86004815807052489102011-02-12T14:24:11.926-05:002011-02-12T14:24:11.926-05:00@mark, yes, google art project is great. I wonder ...@mark, yes, google art project is great. I wonder though someday i'd like to hear James and other artists here offer their opinion on the value of a real painting vs a photo of one. <br />Sometimes the effects are easy to convey - the size of a large painting, or the impasto that gives it a three dimensional quality that just isn't there w/ a photo.<br /><br />though honestly sometimes my paintings look better when viewed through the led display of my camera - i guess because they 'glow' from the backlight.<br /><br />Dubai, eh, to me its a monument to human hubris, a tower of Babel in the sand. - beaches with refrigerated sand? .. almost symbolic of the decadence of globalism.. very different from human achievement - striving for something challenging, like putting man on the moon.My Pen Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163003696435139513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91174867364320221672011-02-12T11:30:27.282-05:002011-02-12T11:30:27.282-05:00Mark, yes, it's phenomenal. I did a post about...Mark, yes, it's phenomenal. I did a post about it about a year ago when they were just starting out at the Prado: <br />http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-prado-project.htmlJames Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-40920884412512151482011-02-12T11:24:24.127-05:002011-02-12T11:24:24.127-05:00Have you seen Google Art Project? You can browse t...Have you seen Google Art Project? You can browse the interiors of many museums around the world. It has a lot of other features like zooming in on fine detail or finding more work by the same artist.Mark Segalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01466334439121451321noreply@blogger.com