We start the new year with iPhone tips in a very culturally responsible way! With the Google Arts & Culture app you can view more than just art. That’s why we’ll show you how to get more out of this app in these iPhone tips!
Do more with Google Arts & Culture
Most people know that Google Arts & Culture allows you to view works of art in high resolution. What is less known is that you can transform your own photos with classic works of art and that you can try out paintings virtually in your own living room. You can read all about it in this week’s iPhone tips!
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1. Art Projector: Try out paintings in your living room
You probably don’t have the money to buy a Monet for your living room. That’s why we start these iPhone tips for Google Arts & Culture with the opportunity to hang classic paintings at home for free. Virtually that is. The app uses augmented reality to project all kinds of masterpieces at full size everywhere in your home.
Tap Play at the bottom of the screen, then tap the camera icon at the top left. Scroll down a bit and then tap ‘Art Projector’. Point your iPhone’s camera at the floor, move it in a circle and a grid of dots shows where the projection will appear. You can then choose one of fifty famous works of art, including Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, American Gothic by Grant Wood and the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
2. Art Selfie: Discover portraits that look like you
Number two of this week’s iPhone tips is about a popular Google Arts & Culture feature, Art Selfie. Based on a selfie, the app searches thousands of famous works of art for the portraits that most resemble you.
The results are usually not true doppelgängers, but it is still fun to try out. You will find the function under ‘Art Projector’ (see tip 1). A little lower you will also find the ‘Pet Portraits’ option. That’s more or less the same function, but for your pet.
3. Art Filter: transform your photos into works of art
The third of this week’s iPhone tips is about Art Filter, which lets you integrate a selfie into a famous work of art. What that looks like varies considerably from work to work of art. Sometimes you are still very recognizable, sometimes not at all. Art Filter can be found above ‘Art Projector’ (see tip 1).
When you tap it, the selfie camera will immediately launch. Then tap on an ‘artifact’ at the bottom to activate it. You will first see information about the artwork. Then tap ‘Try filter’. For a photo, tap the round button, for a video, press and hold it.
4. Art Transfer: Transform your photos into works of art
Number four of these iPhone tips is the ‘Art Transfer’ feature. Your selfie in the style of a certain painter? No problem! Under ‘Art Selfie’ (see tip 2), tap ‘Art Transfer’. Then, to start, take a selfie. Now tap one of the many thumbnails of famous paintings at the bottom of the screen and you will immediately see the effect being applied to your photo.
You can choose from ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch, ‘Ninfee Rosa’ by Claude Monet, ‘Man from Naples’ by Jean-Michel Basquiat and self-portraits by Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo and Vincent van Gogh. You can also choose from a still image, or a GIF that shows how your selfie changes to the chosen style.
5. Play artistic games
The fifth of these iPhone tips is for anyone who enjoys artistic games. You can also play Google Arts & Culture games on the website try them out, but using the touchscreen on your iPhone they are both easier and more fun. Art Coloring Book, for example, offers monochrome outlines of more than 20 famous paintings and photos, which you can color according to your own wishes. Choose a color and tap a segment of the image to fill it. You can save and share the result.
Puzzle Party makes jigsaw puzzles from hundreds of works of art, which you can solve yourself or make together with friends. You just have to press the puzzle pieces and slide them into place. There are many more games, including visual crosswords where you have to group thumbnail images by theme, such as contemporary and Renaissance art or paintings by Van Gogh and Gauguin.
6. Inspiration: Learn fascinating facts
We conclude these iPhone tips with fascinating facts to broaden your artistic horizons. On the ‘Inspiration’ tab you can immediately start scrolling to discover new facts, literally about anything and everything. Some items are interactive, such as a painting that you can zoom in and out on. Other items, for example, contain relevant links or can be explored via Street View.
Do you see something you like and want to be able to find it again later? Then just tap the heart on the right. The item will then be saved for you in the app.
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