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<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i>

Now Playing, Great Art: Japanese art-lovers will soon be able to enjoy electronic versions of masterpieces by Goya and Velazquez at the touch of a button. Electronics giant Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it had developed with Madrid’s Prado museum and a Japanese television station a $16,400 system that will store 315 works of great masters on an image database so they can be called up later on TV screens. The system uses Japan’s high-definition television technology.

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