A Passion for Art: renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Dr. Barnes | |
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Developer(s) | Corbis Corporation |
Publisher(s) | Corbis Corporation |
Platform(s) | CD-ROM |
Release | 1995 |
A Passion for Art: Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, and Dr. Barnes is a 1995 interactive CD-ROM by Corbis.
The game was released in the first quarter of 1995 [1] - on Windows in February and on Macintosh in July. [2] It is one game in a series released by Bill Gates' private company Corbis, including Volcanoes: Life on the Edge, Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb, and Paul Cezanne: Portrait of My World. [1] The game was the company's first title after 6 years of development. [3] The game went out of circulation as players began to find multimedia experiences to be insignificant when compared to other computer-based interactivity. [4]
The title offers a multimedia exploration of private collections of postimpressionist paintings. It depicts the story of Dr. Barnes and his collection through virtual galleries, timelines, and documents. [5] The title includes three guided tours through the content, based on different themes. [6]
The Washington Post deemed it one of the best fine-art CD-ROMs. [7] Entertainment Weekly gave the game a B+, describing it as "fascinating". [8] The New York Times deemed it a " great delight", praising its user-friendliness. [9] Art, Education, and African-American Culture felt the title illustrated both the potential and the limitations of cultivating an interest in art through point-and-click gameplay. [10] Eugene Register-Guard throughout the title offered the "most stunning" representation of paintings within a game. [11]
The game received a Codie award for Best Use of Visual Arts in Multimedia on March 5, 1996. [1] The game also won the Association for Multimedia International's Crystal AMI, HomePC magazine's Editor's Choice, Computer Life magazine's Best of Everything, and two NewMedia INVISION gold awards. [1]