The hyperlinked field for each work includes not only brief biographies of the artists and spatial analyses of composition, but also reference to neighbouring works, and even a scaled measure of the work' s size in proportion to the body of an average visitor. This series from Arborescence offers syntheses of cultural works removed completely from their location in museums. The very first art museum on CD-ROM was somewhere between a virtual tour and multimedia narrative. Microsoft's Art Gallery features the National Gallery of London collection of paintings. Perhaps because the English museum is less identifiable than the Louvre, no reference is provided for the position of works within the gallery.
Viewers instead have a dense field of links including themes, subjects, artists, country, and time.
The four guided tours adhere strictly to their theme, which involve technical matters of composition and conservation. With English practicality, Art Gallery puts information before experience. The field of links for each work in includes an online catalogue essay, biography and Martens' own journal. In addition, there is a full text of a lecture delivered by Martens, accompanied by an audio recitation with the original handwritten version on screen. While Conrad Martens is limited to one conservative artist's life, it does promise a more contextualised approach in art publications.