Art museums and galleries in London

whole life. In July 1869 he left his family to start an apprenticeship at Goupil & Cie an international arts dealer located in Paris. Gogh worked in The Hague which was a branch gallery, and got the job through his Uncle Vincent. In August 1872, Gough…

offering (Parliamentary, 2011) with their reputation for music being second to none, museums having national status and the fact they have more listed buildings than anywhere in England except for London (Hull, 2013) and during the year of ECOC, the media coverage for Liverpool's cultural events doubled (Carter, 2010) with a 10% rise each year in arts audiences across Liverpool, with higher levels of interest in museums and…

the ancient craft of mask making and in turn introduced a new art form. These artists combine traditional techniques and traditional forms with contemporary artistry. Contemporary masks grace the walls of many art galleries today. And so, not only are Northwest Coast masks artifacts which can be seen in natural history museums and appreciated for the vital role they played in tribal ceremonies, but they are now considered by many to be art objects of high worth. 1. Northwest Coast Indians…

The first exhibit was Tomashi Jackson: Interstate Love Song, which included artworks portraying the histories of segregation and desegregation and how it influenced the migration patterns of people of color in the Atlanta area. The artwork in this gallery all had very large focal points and often the pictures where of one person with little emphasis on background detail. The pictures that did have background details often portrayed the focal points as more colorful to draw more attention to the…

the Renaissance era, is a man of mystery; no one knows anything about his childhood, birth, or family. The documents from his time were most likely lost, didn’t survive, or were never documented. He is known for his paintings in the courts, religious art works, portraits of famous figures, and himself. There aren’t many records of his early life. It is unknown about his birth because it was never documented by his mother and father or lost. Still, with the help of some documents that have…

the allies victorious, the British Government is determined to restore London to its full glory, after it had suffered a tremendous amount of destruction due to bombing Raids, leaving much of london in ruin and in desperate need of reconstruction. From the year 1947 to 1948 the British government planned the Festival of Britain, which was to be held across the country, but centered in the Southbank of the river Thames, London. The purpose of the Festival was to ignite the feeling of recovery…

inventor. We didn’t go over what he invented but we learned about the da Vinci method and I was really interested in what he built & what he had painted. I knew that he painted the Mona Lisa, but I wanted to see what other painting he did. I used to like art and seeing all the different colors used to create a piece of artwork. Knowing what inventions people made was interesting because if it wasn’t for them getting up and exploring then we would not have the stuff that we have…

use durational performance to show how the body goes through time? Marilyn Arsem is an American contemporary artist who has been creating live art since 1975. “Her work bridges the boundaries between performance in everyday life (or cultural performance) and performance art.” (Anderson and Arsem, 1995). Arsem’s work ranges from installation and interaction art to site-specific work. The majority of her most recent work has been site-specific, focusing on the site’s history or politics, and…

Table of contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Victorian Era 3 Chapter 2. Tess, the tragedy of an unfair existence…

UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRAŞOV FACULTATEA DE LITERE PROGRAMUL DE STUDII UNIVERSITARE DE MASTERAT: Studii Lingvistice pentru Comunicare Interculturală Forma de învăţământ: Zi DISERTAŢIE Absolventă: Bușe Ionela Monalisa Coordonator: Lect. univ. dr. Sibișan Aura Braşov 2015 TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV FACULTY…