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art. by iandsmith
I vividly remember standing in front of "The Hay Wain", Constable's oft-copied rural scene and being transfixed that here was the real thing. The original. And I was looking at it for nothing!
To date, this is the finest single gallery I have visited with the most eclectic collection.
I've done the Prado, Uffizi and quite a few others, but none had the range shown here.
The National Gallery occupies the north side of the square. In the stone under the balustrade, you can see the Imperial Standards of Length (1 foot, 2 feet, 1 yard etc.) There's something you didn't need to know but will give you boasting rights if you actually view it.
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this is only one of the many places one should see, but I choose this one couse I go overthere everythime I visit London. Leave a Comment
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An art gallery in London housing the largest collection of paintings in Britain, and one of the finest collections in the world. It was opened in 1824 in Pall Mall, but moved to its present premises in Trafalgar Square in 1838. A spacious extension, the Sainsbury Wing, designed by Robert Venturi, was opened in 1991 to house the early Renaissance pictures. Leave a Comment
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 Trafalgar Square by conny_bazen
A lot of work from a few very famous painters: Rembrandt, van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and many more....
It will keep you there for hours if you want to see it all !!!! Leave a Comment
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The National Gallery itself was begun in 1824 when the government decided that London needed a national art collection to compete with famous European galleries. It just happened that the Pall Mall house of John Julius Angerstein was for sale at the time, along with his collection of 38 paintings, including works by Raphael, Rembrandt and Van Dyke. These were purchased for £57,000 and Angerstein's house was used as the first gallery until the present building was completed in 1838. In the meantime, a number of important pictures were added to the collection through gifts and bequests, but many of the most famous works were aquired by shrewd gallery directors scouring Europe for masterpieces that could be bought cheaply because the artists were temporarily 'out of fashion'. Because space was limited, the directors pursued a policy of quality rather than quantity. The result is one of the world's richest art collections, covering most schools and periods of painting up to the 20th century(the national collection of modern art, along with British works of all periods is now housed in the Tate Gallery). Leave a Comment
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 by shivan
Entrance is free, don't miss it. If you're an arts expert, it is a heaven for you, for the few of you that are ignorant as me in arts, it will take an hour, it is dry and hot, a good place...
See my other article for details. Leave a Comment
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