Microsoft’s “City Art Search” for Windows Phone Lets you find Art while at Home or on the Move
If you have a taste for Arts, which are usually displayed in galleries and museums, here is an impressive Windows Phone which brings over 2200 famous works of art around the world to your phone. The app should definitely get into your travel app list if you want to see them in your new city.
The app lets you use your current location to find art around you, or you can type in Artist’s name to see if there is any artwork of him or her around. You can also use gallery, art, or city name to search as well. Once you find it, you can tap on the name to download images to view and save it on your phone. After you have located an art, those who crave more info tap on the menu bar to find more about it on Wikipedia.
Features:
- Search by Categories such as Art, Artist, Gallery, City, etc.
- Find Famous Art near your Current Location
- Create a list of your Favorite Artworks
- Live Tile slide-show of Artwork
- Lock Screen slide-show of Artwork
- In-App Wikipedia Preview of Artists & Art
- Long press on any image to save to phone or search-related terms.
Quiet work has been done to make Live Tile show new images. While it can show up to five images at any time, options allow you to set frequency. You can also set it as a lock screen to make your lock screen artistic. An update is expected for the Windows 8.1 Store app, and we hope it will be a universal app.
Overall it is a brilliant app from Microsoft which every art enthusiast should download and keep on the phone. We expect a constant update and more locations getting included in the future.
