3-D version of Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" unveiled, to touch and feelOctober 13, 2016 - 19:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Like most artworks in galleries worldwide, visitors haven't been allowed to reach out and touch Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" at its home at the Belvedere museum in Vienna -- until now, AFP reports. On Wednesday, October 12 a special three-dimensional version of the masterpiece was unveiled, aimed at enabling the visually impaired to enjoy the work by running their fingers over it. The "interactive tactile relief", made using a 3-D printer, makes it possible to touch details of the 1907-8 original, the Belvedere said. Klimt (1862-1918) made "The Kiss", depicting a couple embracing and enveloped in colourful robes, using oil paints and gold leaf during Vienna's "belle epoque" heyday. The new reproduction, which is much smaller than the original, also has sensors that when touched trigger audio commentary about the work. "We want to open up a whole new chapter of making art available for the blind and visually impaired," Rainer Delgado from the German association for the blind and visually impaired (DBSV) said. "Maybe in the future (they) will have a 3-D printer of their own at home and will be able to download 3-D files from museum homepages," he told a news conference in the Austrian capital. The relief is part of an EU project called AMBAVis (Access to Museums for Blind and Visually Impaired People) which aims to offer visually impaired people "barrier-free" access to art. Photo: AFP Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |