... questions concerning society and reality (Heim 1993. Sv " The Essence of VR"). Among the first institutions to get a site on the Web were museums and galleries, with scanned images and navigable itineraries. Today, art sites, homepages, galleries and museums - both public and private, famous and unknown - number in thousands (Kerckhove 1995. Sv "Parallel Gallery"). Art no longer encompasses 'traditional high art aspects ... concept of the exhibition space and the quality of interaction from the viewer (Jayemanne 2003. Sv "Ezine"). With Web art becoming such a dominant feature in contemp...

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... into a "book" and physically carry it around to show to others. Now, computers provide a means for a database of an artists work to be easily stored and emailed with ease. Art galleries and dealers often request slides from artists of their work. Using imaging software, such as ImageAXS, color thumbnails of scanned images are easily and cheaply produced, replacing the sheet of ... relations. (Harden, p 1-3) Using email programs to create mailing lists is often a good way to create potential future business. This one step process allows the artist to be seen by reviewers, galleries, and ...

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... is making as he is more likely to have to conform to more conventional guidelines dictated by the public for utility. But so too is the artist constrained by the galleries, museums and collectors associated with their industry, although generally on a far more benign level. A good reflection of this idea is the work of Tasmanian furniture designer Kevin Perkins whose technical ... tradesman, that is hung on someone's wall. A piece of craft is elevated to art in the mind of the individual who hung it. Similar examples can be seen in many galleries where traditional craft items are often ...

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... decided to buy as many paintings of Millet as possible. In addition, he convinced his friends to do so. As a result, there are a great number of Millet's works possessed by galleries in Boston. For instance, Mr. Martin Brimmer, one of Hunt's good friends, bought so many paintings of Millet in the early fifties of nineteenth century after being persuaded by Hunt ... ...

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... and disrupt him. She would also sell his unfinished works without his permission. This upset Jean-Michel and he ended up leaving Nosei. Afterwards he went through a number of other galleries and dealers, but he had problems with almost all of them (Brain-Juice). Jean-Michel suffered from hereditary depression. There is a scene in the movie where he goes to visit ... ...

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The electronic age of the museum is emerging. As "virtual" galleries and museums are available on the Internet, "real" museums are also adding electronic components and enhancements to their inventory. Some of the same problems museums have always faced - need for ... ...

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... tours to help explain all of the different art works that were displayed. The museum also had a shop in which visitors were able to buy different souvenirs. There were different galleries where different exhibits were held. One exhibit was called the West meets the East. The exhibit had many items from Asian eighteenth century thru the twentieth century. Other parts had ... ...

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... in drawing as a child and she did not display any extra ordinary artistic ability. However, she always found the world of art fascinating and would often visit in the art galleries and study the pictures for hours. She found out that she had art talent quite by accident. While she was chaperoning a private art tutoring class at a boy's school, a young art ... ...

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The Austin Museum of Art was the first of the three galleries attended. At the time, the museum had a touring "Rock and Roll" exhibit, which had its focus on the influence of the Rock -and-Roll culture on art. The pieces were ... ...

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