The Google corporate logo has been replaced by a Holiday Google Doodle on its homepage today.

The Google corporate logo has been replaced by a Holiday Google Doodle on its homepage today. The holiday “Google Doodle” will be in place until Christmas Day, December 25th!

The holiday inspired Google Doodle has taken a considerable amount of time to achieve and the artists behind the holiday Google doodle have been working since July to create the design. Michael Lopez, Google’s chief doodler and his team of five artists took a total of 250 hours spanning over five months to create the holiday Google doodle, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The holiday Google doodle has 17 framed illustrations that depict scenes from around the world. If you hover your mouse on any of the beautiful illustrations, they open up to real a full size image. Users can click through for a search page related to that image.

The Holiday Google doodle features St. Basil’s Cathedral, Up on the Housetop and other holiday images from around the globe. Check out the complete list of artwork in the Google doodle and enjoy!

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Have you checked out the Brancusi Kiss Google Doodle today?

Have you checked out the Brancusi Kiss Google Doodle today? It’s kind of hard to make out the Google letters on this one, and it’s definitely clever! Constantin Brancusi is honored with the Google Doodle today to celebrate his 135th birthday.

The Brancusi Google Doodle includes not only The Kiss, but also features a few more of his famous sculptures, Promethues Bound, Sleeping Muse, Mademoiselle Pogany, and Bird in Space.

Constantin Brancusi was one of the founders of modern sculpture, and is considered to be as important as Pablo Picasso as far as his influence on the art world goes.

What do you think of the Brancusi Kiss Google Doodle?

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February 19, 2011 Constantin Brancusi 135th Birthday Google Doodle

Constantin Brancusi was a sculptor who worked in bronze, marble, wood and stone. In his 81 years, his works include some 215 sculptures and over 1,000 photographs. Today Google marks his 135th birthday with this Doodle:
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The Doodle includes Brancusi's most famous works. Representing the famous Google letters: "Prometheus," "Newborn," "Sleeping Muse," "Mademoiselle Pogany," "Bird in Space" and "The Kiss."

The Brancusi Google Doodle appeared on nearly all of Google's sites world-wide, but not Google India, which sported a Cricket World Cup Doodle.

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