The museums, two of the world's most prominent, said in a joint statement the New York-based e-business would provide Internet access for people to learn about and purchase many forms of art and architectural models and design objects, beginning in late 2000 or early 2001.

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When the aspiring graduates of those academies went to Italy to advance their knowledge through first-hand encounters with revered works of art, they were also expected to work from local models and record, on the spot, Roman ruins, picturesque towns and the Italian landscape.

WSJ: Appealing to Modern Eyes | The Path of Nature | Metropolitan Museum of Art | By Karen Wilkin

It is committed to providing high-performance, scalable and cost-effective solutions to a variety of business models through its state-of-the-art streaming technology.

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An important exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven explores these issues through sketches, drawings, photographs and models selected from the Stirling archives owned by the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal.

WSJ: Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling, Architect and Teacher, at the Yale Center for British Art | Postmodernism's Pivotal Figure | By Ada Louise Huxtable

Questioned after the shoot, the models said they had signed up "for the experience" or "for art's sake".

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Visitors to "elBulli: Ferran Adria and the Art of Food" will see sketches, menus, film, photographs and even plasticine models of food, showing how those memorable menus were created.

NPR: Ferran Adria Brings ElBulli Exhibition To London