A Villa Barbaro, também conhecida como Villa di Maser ou Villa Volpi, é uma villa italiana do Véneto situada em Maser, Província de Treviso. Foi desenhada pelo arquitecto italiano Andrea Palladio, entre 1554 e 1560, para dois dos seus mais importantes mecenas, os irmãos Barbaro: Daniele Barbaro, Patriarca de Aquileia e Embaixador da República de Veneza junto da Rainha Isabel I de Inglaterra, e o seu irmão Marcantonio Barbaro, um embaixador do mesmo Estado junto do Rei Carlos IX da França. A família Barbaro é uma antiga família nobre veneziana que já ostentava cargos na República de Veneza no século IX. Palladio transformou o velho palácio medieval da família numa esplêndida habitação de campo, adequada ao estudo das artes e à contemplação intelectual, decorada com um ciclo de afrescos que representa uma das obras-primas de Paolo Veronese. O complexo da villa, que também inclui um templo palladiano, está classificado, desde 1996, como Património Mundial da Humanidade pela UNESCO, juntamente com as outras villas palladianas do Véneto.
The Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The complex opened on 28 April 2000 and was officially opened on 12 October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II.
Igreja de São Sebastião (Veneza)
A Igreja de São Sebastião é uma igreja de Veneza, no sestiere de Dorsoduro. A construção iniciou-se em 1506 e terminou em 1548. Pertence ao estilo renascentista. O templo foi consagrado em 1562. Sobre o lugar onde se ergue actualmente a igreja havia anteriormente um hospício fundado por irmãos da Congregação de São Jerónimo por volta de 1393. Três anos depois, junto ao hospício fundou-se o oratório de «Santa Maria cheia de graça e justiça» que em 1455 foi ampliado e em 1468 se transformou numa igreja dedicada a São Sebastião, mártir. A igreja actual foi iniciada em 1506 sobre projecto de Antonio Abbondi, chamado o Scarpagnino, e terminada em 1548 consagrando-se finalmente em 1562. O projecto é sóbrio no essencial, seja por respeito às exigências espirituais dos promotores, cuja regra monástica previa um estilo de vida severo e modesto, seja pelos reduzidos recursos financeiros postos à disposição da obra.
Biblioteca e Museu Morgan, anteriormente Biblioteca Pierpont Morgan é um museu e biblioteca de pesquisa localizado em Manhattan, Nova Iorque. A instituição foi fundada em 1906 para abrigar a biblioteca privada de J. P. Morgan e teve projeto arquitetônico assinado por Charles Follen McKim. Tornou-se pública em 1924 a mando do filho de J. P. Morgan, de acordo com a vontade do pai. Seu prédio sede foi elevado ao status de marco histórico da cidade em 1966 e ao de Marco Histórico Nacional no mesmo ano.
The National Museum in Warsaw , popularly abbreviated as MNW, is a national museum in Warsaw, one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in the capital. It comprises a rich collection of ancient art , counting about 11,000 pieces, an extensive gallery of Polish painting since the 16th century and a collection of foreign painting including some paintings from Adolf Hitler's private collection, ceded to the Museum by the American authorities in post-war Germany. The museum is also home to numismatic collections, a gallery of applied arts and a department of oriental art, with the largest collection of Chinese art in Poland, comprising some 5,000 objects.The Museum boasts the Faras Gallery with Europe's largest collection of Nubian Christian art and the Gallery of Medieval Art with artefacts from all regions historically associated with Poland, supplemented by selected works created in other regions of Europe.
Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1902.The term Folkwang derives from the name of the afterlife meadow of the dead, Fólkvangr, presided over by the Norse goddess Freyja.Museum Folkwang incorporates the Deutsche Plakat Museum , comprising circa 340,000 posters from politics, economy and culture. During a visit in Essen in 1932, Paul J. Sachs called the Folkwang "the most beautiful museum in the world."In 2007, David Chipperfield designed an extension, which was then built onto the older building.
The Musée Denys-Puech is an art gallery in Rodez, France. It was founded in 1903 by the sculptor Denys Puech , winner of the prix de Rome in 1884 and one of the official sculptors of the French Third Republic. The building was completed in 1910 by the architect A. Boyer, who designed a ground floor with large bays to enhance the sculpture collection. Besides the foundational collections, the permanent collection shows artworks by artists originating in the region, notably the Orientalist painter Maurice Bompard and the engraver Eugène Viala . Since 1987 it has also exhibited contemporary works, in temporary exhibitions.
Chester Town Hall is in Northgate Street in the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
A Universidade de Bristol é uma universidade de pesquisa pública localizada em Bristol, Reino Unido. Faz parte das universidades de "tijolos vermelhos" e recebeu o "Royal Charter" em 1909, embora a sua instituição predecessora, University College, Bristol, já existia desde 1876. A Universidade é amplamente considerada uma das melhores no Reino Unido e goza de uma forte reputação global, sendo consistentemente classificada como uma das 10 melhores da Europa. É uma das universidades mais populares no Reino Unido, com mais de 14 candidatos competindo para cada lugar, dos quais possuem nota média de 4 A's nos "A-Levels". Para alguns dos cursos mais populares, tais como Economia e Direito, pode haver até 40 candidatos por vaga. A Universidade teve um faturamento de £373m em 2009/10 e é o maior empregador independente em Bristol. Bristol está associada com 11 Prêmios Nobel e acadêmicos atuais incluem 18 membros da Academia de Ciências Médicas, 10 membros da Academia Britânica, 13 membros da Academia Real de Engenharia e 31 membros da Sociedade Real. [16] Bristol é membro do Grupo Russell, Coimbra Group da Europa e da Rede Worldwide Universities Network, dos quais o Vice-Chanceler da Universidade Prof Eric Thomas foi presidente .
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre is an amusement park situated in Lifton, Devon. The fairground is home to the Fairground Heritage Trust, a charity which aims to preserve the history of the fairground, including rides, equipment, photography and memorabilia. Originally known as Dingles Steam Village, the attraction was renamed the Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre for the 2007 season following a new extension in Spring 2006. In addition to an artefact museum, the attraction includes a working fairground. All of the rides and stalls operate on a token system. The fairground collection includes rides such as the Joy Wheel, Edwards Dodgems, Edwards’ Super Sonic Skid, Edwards’ Super Chariot Racer, Rodeo Switchback, Brett's Ghost Train, Tuby’s Gallopers, Edwards’ Golden Gallopers and a Moon Rocket.
A Sociedade Real de Medicina , sob a sigla RSM é um dos principais provedores educacionais de pós-graduação médica credenciado no Reino Unido. A cada ano a RSM organiza mais de 400 eventos acadêmicos e públicos abrangendo 60 áreas de interesse especial, além prestar um bom fórum multidisciplinar para discussões e debate. Muitos vídeos de leituras-chave são disponíveis on-line, aumentando o acesso ao programa de educação da Sociedade. A RSM é a base de uma das maiores bibliotecas médicas da Europa com uma extensa coleção de livros, jornais, revistas eletrônicas e bancos de dados médicos on-line. Bem como proporcionar uma boa educação médica, a Sociedade tem como objetivo promover uma troca de informações e ideias sobre a ciência, prática e organização da medicina, tanto no âmbito da saúde e profissões com a opinião pública responsável e informada. A Sociedade não é um órgão de decisão política e não emite orientações ou padrões de atendimento.
O Royal College of Music é um conservatório musical localizado no distrito de South Kensington, em Londres, Inglaterra, uma das principais instituições do gênero no mundo. Desde sua fundação, em 1882, um grande número de professores e alunos da RCM tiveram papel significante na formação da história e do desenvolvimento da música clássica ocidental nos séculos XX e XXI.
Princeton University Art Museum
The Princeton University Art Museum is the Princeton University gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1882, it now houses over 92,000 works of art that range from antiquity to the contemporary period. The Princeton University Art Museum dedicates itself to supporting and enhancing the University's goals of teaching, research, and service in fields of art and culture, as well as to serving regional communities and visitors from around the world. Its collections concentrate on the Mediterranean region, Western Europe, China, the United States, and Latin America. The museum has a large collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, including ceramics, marbles, bronzes, and Roman mosaics from Princeton University's excavations in Antioch. Medieval Europe is represented by sculpture, metalwork, and stained glass. The collection of Western European paintings includes examples from the early Renaissance through the nineteenth century, and there is a growing collection of twentieth-century and contemporary art. Photographic holdings are a particular strength, numbering over 27,000 works from the invention of daguerreotype in 1839 to the present. The museum is also noted for its Asian art gallery, which includes a wide collection of Chinese calligraphy, painting, ancient bronze works, jade carvings, as well as porcelain selections. In addition to its collections, the museum mounts regular temporary exhibitions featuring works from its own holdings as well as loans made from public and private collections around the world. Admission is free and the museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday, 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, and Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 pm.A new building for the museum will be constructed on the same site over the course of three years starting in 2020 with David Adjaye serving as architect.
Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite often erroneously referred to as Peterhouse College, although the correct name is simply Peterhouse. Peterhouse alumni are notably eminent within the natural sciences, including scientists Lord Kelvin, Henry Cavendish, Charles Babbage, James Clerk Maxwell, James Dewar, Frank Whittle, and five Nobel prize winners in science: Sir John Kendrew, Sir Aaron Klug, Archer Martin, Max Perutz, and Michael Levitt. Peterhouse alumni also include the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift, Lord Chancellors, Lord Chief Justices, prime ministers, as well as Oscar-winning film director Sam Mendes, and comedian David Mitchell. Peterhouse is one of the wealthiest and most traditional colleges in Cambridge, with assets exceeding £320 million. It is one of the few Oxbridge colleges that still seeks to insist that its members attend communal dinners, known as "Hall". Hall takes place in two sittings, with the second known as "Formal Hall", which consists of a three-course candlelit meal and which must be attended wearing suits and gowns. At Formal Hall, the students rise as the fellows proceed in, a gong is rung, and two Latin graces are read. Peterhouse also hosts a biennial white-tie ball as part of May Week celebrations. In recent years, Peterhouse has been ranked as one of the highest achieving colleges in Cambridge, although academic performance tends to vary year to year due to its small population. In the past five years, it has sat in the top 10 of the 29 colleges within the Tompkins Table. Peterhouse sat at 4th in 2018 and 2019.
Nottingham Trent University é uma universidade pública localizada em Nottingham, condado de Nottinghamshire, Inglaterra. Foi fundada como uma new university , oriunda da antiga Trent Polytechnic . Suas raízes remontam a 1843, com o estabelecimento da Nottingham Government School of Design, que existe ainda hoje dentro da Universidade. Esta é uma das maiores instituições de ensino superior do Reino Unido, com mais de 28,000 estudantes divididos em três campi diferentes. A Nottingham Trent foi classificada no número 700 e acima no mundo pelo QS World University Rankings. Em 2008, The Complete University Guide nomeou Nottingham Trent a "melhor universidade pós-1992" do país.A universidade possui "um dos melhores recordes de empregabilidade de qualquer universidade na Inglaterra e no País de Gales". Mantém laços estreitos com mais de 6.000 empresas e 94% dos alunos progridem para um emprego de tempo integral ou para estudos avançados no prazo de seis meses de graduação.O jornal The Guardian classificou Nottingham Trent como "a universidade mais amiga do ambiente no país".Em 2009 também foi agraciada com o título de "a universidade mais amiga do ambiente no Reino Unido" pelo grupo The People & Planet Green League . Além disso, desde 2009, 100% da energia elétrica da universidade é gerada por fontes renováveis.A universidade tem um braço de pesquisa forte, sendo que, em 2008, 74% da pesquisa ali realizada foi considerada de "status internacional".
Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Harris Manchester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in Warrington in 1757 as a college for Unitarian students and moved to Oxford in 1893. It became a full college of the university in 1996, taking its current name to commemorate its predecessor the Manchester Academy and a benefaction by Lord Harris of Peckham. The college is one of very few mixed-sex higher education colleges in the UK whose postgraduate and undergraduate places are exclusively for students aged 21 years or over.
Grosvenor Museum is a museum in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Its full title is The Grosvenor Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, with Schools of Science and Art, for Chester, Cheshire and North Wales. It takes its name from the family name of the Dukes of Westminster, who are major landowners in Cheshire. The museum opened in 1886, it was extended in 1894, and major refurbishments took place between 1989 and 1999. Its contents include archaeological items from the Roman period, paintings, musical instruments, and a room arranged as a Victorian parlour.
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery focuses its collection on history, geology and archaeology primarily from the Peak District and Derbyshire.The museum is located at Terrace Road, Buxton, England. The museum opens Tuesday to Saturday all year round and from Easter to the end of September is also open on Sunday and Bank Holiday afternoons. Admission is free. The building was erected in 1880 and originally served as the Peak Hydropathic Hotel. During the First World War, the Red Cross used it to care for wounded Canadian soldiers. The Buxton Free Public Library & Museum moved into the building in 1928, leaving the Town Hall.
