The Painted Word

Officials have recently put the last supper online in great detail, that which is 1600 times more powerful then a typical 10 mega pixel digital camera.

Even those who who visit Milan have a tough time getting to see the painting, with demand 3 or 4 times higher than the amount of people they can allow to see the painting and still preserve it:

“Visits have been made more difficult by measures to protect it. Twenty-five visitors are admitted every 15 minutes to see the painting for a total of about 320,000 visitors a year. Visitors must pass through a filtration system to help reduce the work’s exposure to dust and pollutants.” (AP)

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