Upload
gladys-hutchinson
View
225
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
British museum• exhibits the works of man from
prehistoric to modern times from around the world.
• About 8 million objects• Highlights include the Rosetta
Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, and the mummies in the Ancient Egypt collection.
• Entry is free • Founded in 1753 (18th century)• the British Museum’s remarkable
collection spans over two million years of human history.
• up to 6 million visitors per year.
Cultures & galleries in BMNot only:
MexicoEgypt, Sudan, EthiopiaGreeceRomeEuropeJapanChinaKoreaAssyriaMesopotamia
Amphoras, bottlesBrooches, earringsMarble statuesBricksReliefsJugs, cups, bowlsCoins, banknotesFurnitureArmourydrawings
Portland Vase, Roman, about 5–25 AD
Hoa Hakananai'a. Easter Island, AD 1000–1200
David vases, China, Yuan dynasty, 1351 AD
Queen of the Night relief, Mesopotamia, between 1800 and 1750 BC
The BM Reading Room• Situated inside the BM• Surrounded by the Great Court• There have been famous exhibitions of:The Chinese terracotta army (2007 – 2008)Montezuma (2009 – 2010)• In the past the Reading room (being a part
of the British Library then) was used by many famous researchers:
Oscar Wilde, Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, Lenin, Mark Twain, Gandhi, …
The British Museum Reading room panorama
Map and objects in British museum:http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/floor_plans_and_galleries/ground_floor.aspx
Tate Britain• Founded by Sir Henry Tate in 1897• Historical and contemporary British art• situated on Millbank, on the site of the former
Millbank Prison.
Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia, c. 1851
William Hogarth, The Painter and his Pug, 1745
Tate Modern• on the banks of the Thames
is Tate Modern• Britain's national museum
of modern and contemporary art
• previously being a power station
• temporary exhibitions by top artists: Picasso, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rothko, Monet
• Cubism, futurism, pop art, surrealism, abstract art
• Entry is free.
A video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1q6U_BFcmI
Victoria and Albert Museum
• 3,000 years of amazing artefacts from around the world.
• Founded in 1852• over 4.5 million objects of
ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs
• Entry is free but special exhibitions require tickets.
A video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAF24-M63Bo
The most interesting objects in V&A:
Henry VIII's writing desk, dated 1525, made from walnut and oak, lined with leather
A spinet dated 1570–1580, made for Elizabeth I
Bernini: Neptune and Triton, Donatello, Rodin
Rembrandt, Botticelli James II's wedding suit Constable, Turner
Madame Tussauds• A wax museum• First opened in 1830s by Marie
Tussaud who herself created wax figures.
• Her first figure was Voltaire in 1777
• The oldest figure in the museum in London is Madame du Barry
• It displays the waxworks of historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and infamous murderers.
• Marvel Super Heroes 4D movie in the former London planetarium
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiU1HlRzEAM
Who would (n‘t) you take a photo with and why?
Kate WinsletDavid BeckhamLewis Hamiltonthe Queen and the Royal familyLady GagaMarylin MonroeAdolf HitlerNelson MandelaAlfred HitchcockArnold Swarzenegger
National Gallery• The National Gallery displays over 2000 Western
European paintings from the middle ages to the 20th century
• Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Constable, Turner, Renoir, Van Gogh …
• admission is free. • The crowning glory of Trafalgar Square
National Portrait Galleryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JodenwkHUSc#t=27
• a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people
• Opened in 1856 as the first portrait gallery in the world
• Photographs, caricatures, paintings, drawings and sculpture
Portraits of:ShakespeareBronte sistersQueen VictoriaCharles DickensElizabeth I.Jane AustenCharles DarwinPrincess DianaRudyard KiplingJohn LennonIsaac Newton…and more
The Royal Albert Hall Opened by Queen Victoria in 1871, named after
her husband Each year it hosts over 360 events which
include classical music, jazz, world music, circus, rock, pop, opera, dance, comedy, award ceremonies, etc.
best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941
VIRTUAL TOUR:http://www.royalalberthall.com/virtualtour/index.html
Do you know the right words?1/ The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . helped to decode the hieroglyphs.2/ To most of the museums and galleries the . . . . . . . is free. 3/ The building of Tate Modern used to be a . . . . . . . . . . . 4/ Madame Tussauds is a museum of famous people figures made of . . . . . . . 5/ The building that once housed the London . . . . . . . . houses the Marvel Superheroes 4D attraction.6/ The two most famous landscape painters that Britain could boast with are John . . . . . . and J.M.W. . . . . . . . . . .
What venues?What venues do the following terms refer to?
a/ Promsb/ Caricaturesc/ Sunflowersd/ Neptune and Tritone/ Marvel Super Heroesf/ Easter Island Statueg/ Pop arth/ Millbank prisoni/ amphoras
a/ the Royal Albert Hallb/ the National Portrait Galleryc/ the National Galleryd/ the Victoria and Albert museume/ Madame Tussaudsf/ the British museumg/ Tate Modernh/ Tate Britaini/ the British museum
Sources:http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/tourist-attraction/top-ten-attractionshttp://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/285709-british-museumhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/cultures_index.aspxhttp://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/427197-national-galleryhttp://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/344410-tate-modernhttp://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/58843-royal-albert-hallhttp://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/209165-victoria-and-albert-museumhttp://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/284875-madame-tussauds-londonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Modernhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Britainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Tussaudshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hallhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_Londonhttp://www.npg.org.uk/collections/collection-catalogues.phphttp://www.npg.org.uk/collections.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Planetariumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum_Reading_Roomhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/floor_plans_and_galleries/ground_floor.aspx
Pictures slide 1:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Londres_465..jpg/450px-Londres_465..jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/London-Victoria_and_Albert_Museum-Sculpture-04.jpg/416px-London-Victoria_and_Albert_Museum-Sculpture-04.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Rosetta_Stone.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/British_Museum_%28front%29.jpg/800px-British_Museum_%28front%29.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/British_Museum_Great_Court_roof.jpg/426px-British_Museum_Great_Court_roof.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Portland_Vase_BM_Gem4036_n4.jpg/396px-Portland_Vase_BM_Gem4036_n4.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hoa_Hakananai%27a_1.jpg/400px-Hoa_Hakananai%27a_1.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Room_95_David_Vases_6747.JPG/543px-Room_95_David_Vases_6747.JPGhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Lilith_Periodo_de_Isin_Larsa_y_Babilonia.JPG/471px-Lilith_Periodo_de_Isin_Larsa_y_Babilonia.JPGhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Tate_Modern_viewed_from_Thames_Pleasure_Boat_-_geograph.org.uk_-_307445.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/John_Everett_Millais_-_Ophelia_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/800px-John_Everett_Millais_-_Ophelia_-_Google_Art_Project.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/William_Hogarth_006.jpg/462px-William_Hogarth_006.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Madame_Tussauds_London.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fountain_in_Trafalgar_Square_2.jpg/800px-Fountain_in_Trafalgar_Square_2.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/The_National_Gallery_London%3B_RM36_-_%28Paintings_1700-1900%29%2C_British_Portraits_1750-1800_~_The_Barry_Rooms_%2B_View_to_RM37.3.jpg
Pictures slide 2:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpg/438px-Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_Aldobrandini_Madonna.jpg/513px-The_Aldobrandini_Madonna.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Constable_-_The_Cornfield.jpg/512px-Constable_-_The_Cornfield.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg/475px-Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Royal_Albert_Hall.jpg/800px-Royal_Albert_Hall.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/British_Museum_Reading_Room_Panorama_Feb_2006.jpg/800px-British_Museum_Reading_Room_Panorama_Feb_2006.jpg