St Catharine's College, Cambridge
St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The college is located in the historic city-centre of Cambridge, and lies just south of King's College and across the street from Corpus Christi College. The college is notable for its open court that faces towards Trumpington Street. St Catharine's is unique in being the only Oxbridge college founded by the serving head of another college. The college community is moderately sized, consisting of approximately 70 fellows, 150 graduate students, and 410 undergraduates.
Santa Maria Novella é uma igreja em Florença, Itália, situada transversalmente à estação ferroviária de mesmo nome. Cronologicamente, é a primeira grande basílica de Florença, e a principal Igreja Dominicana da cidade. A igreja, o claustro adjacente e a casa capitular contém uma reserva de tesouros artísticos e monumentos funerários. Especialmente os famosos afrescos do período gótico e do início do renascimento. Elas foram financiadas pela generosidade das grandes famílias de Florença, que assim asseguravam o lugar de suas capelas e solos sagrados. Essa igreja é chamada de Novella , porque sua construção foi feita no lugar do oratório de Santa Maria delle Vigne, datado do século IX. Quando esse local foi dado a ordem dominicana em 1222, eles decidiram construir uma nova igreja e um claustro adjacente. A igreja foi projetada por dois Frades Dominicanos, Frade Sisto Fiorentino e Frade Ristoro da Campi. A construção começou no meio do século XIII, por volta de 1246 e foi terminada por volta de 1360, sob supervisão do Frade Iacopo Talenti, com a realização do campanário Romano-gótico e a sacristia. Nessa época somente a parte inferior da fachada gótica tinha sido acabada. Sob encomenda de Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai, um comerciante local, Leon Battista Alberti, projetou a parte superior da fachada incrustada em mármore preto e branco. Alberti trouxe os ideais de arquitetura humanista, proporção e detalhamento de inspiração clássica para o projeto, enquanto também criou harmonia com a já existente parte medieval da fachada.
Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford . In recognition of this royal connection, the college has also been historically known as King's College and King's Hall. The reigning monarch of the United Kingdom is the official visitor of the college.The original medieval foundation set up in 1324 by Adam de Brome, under the patronage of Edward II, was called the House or Hall of the Blessed Mary at Oxford. The first design allowed for a provost and ten fellows, called "scholars", and the college remained a small body of graduate fellows until the 16th century, when it started to admit undergraduates. During the English Civil War, Oriel played host to high-ranking members of the King's Oxford Parliament.The main site of the college incorporates four medieval halls: Bedel Hall, St Mary Hall, St Martin Hall, and Tackley's Inn, the last being the earliest property acquired by the college and the oldest standing medieval hall in Oxford. The college has nearly 40 fellows, about 300 undergraduates and some 250 graduates. Oriel was the last of Oxford's men's colleges to admit women in 1985, after more than six centuries as an all-male institution. Today, however, the student body has almost equal numbers of men and women.Oriel's notable alumni include two Nobel laureates; prominent fellows have included founders of the Oxford Movement. Among Oriel's more notable possessions are a painting by Bernard van Orley and three pieces of medieval silver plate. As of 2019, the college's estimated financial endowment was £88.3 million.
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. J. Long, following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions. The museum grew out of the FIMI partnership which was created in 1992 and was the result of collaboration between the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the former Cornwall Maritime Museum in Falmouth. It opened in February 2003. It is an independent charitable trust and, unlike other national museums, receives no direct government support. Its mission is to promote an understanding of boats and their place in people's lives, and of the maritime heritage of Cornwall. It does this by presenting the story of the sea, boats and the maritime history of Cornwall.
The National Museum in Gdańsk , established in 1972 in Gdańsk , is one of the main branches of Poland's national museum system.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto is a museum centre in the Italian province of Trento. The main site is in Rovereto, and contains mostly modern and contemporary artworks, including works from renowned Giorgio Morandi, Giorgio de Chirico, Felice Casorati, Carlo Carrà and Fortunato Depero. Fortunato Depero's house in Rovereto is also part of the Museum. The permanent collection contains more than 15,000 artworks, including paintings, drawings, engravings, and sculptures.
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec , often abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park, and is a complex made up of four buildings. Three of the buildings in the complex were purpose-built for the museum, while the other was initially built as a provincial prison, before being re-purposed for museum use. The institution was opened as the Musée de la province de Québec in 1933. The museum initially served as the provincial archives, art, and natural science museum until 1962, when the natural science collection was removed. In the following year, the museum was renamed the Musée du Quebec. The provincial archives were moved from the museum in 1979, leaving it solely as an art museum. In 2002, the museum was renamed the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Its collection includes over 40,000 works spanning from the 16th century, to the present day. Its collection primarily includes works that were produced in Quebec, or by Quebec artist, although it does also includes works from other parts of Canada, and the rest of the world. The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, the Canadian Heritage Information Network, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.
Museu de Belas Artes de Nantes
O Museu de Belas Artes de Nantes é um museu localizado em Nantes, França, criado por decreto consular de Napoleão Bonaparte em 1800.
Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is one of the main museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It occupies a wing of the Palais Longchamp, and displays a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Museu de Arte e História (Genebra)
O Museu de Arte e História de Genebra é um museu de arte suíço, localizado na cidade de Genebra. Foi construído nos fins do século XIX para coordenar e reunir diferentes colecções. Inaugurado em 1910, muito rapidamente se mostrou demasiado pequeno. Actualmente o MAH faz parte do conjunto dos Museus de Arte e de História de Genebra , da qual fazem parte também a Casa Tavel, o Museu Rath, a Biblioteca de Arte e Arqueologia e o Gabinete das Artes Gráficas. Conjuntamente com o Museu das Belas Artes de Basileia, o Kunstmuseum, e o Museu das Belas Artes de Zurique possui uma das principais colecções suíças de arte da renascença aos nossos dias.
The Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia was established in 1985 as a non-profit foundation by William S. Morris III, publisher of The Augusta Chronicle, in memory of his parents, as the first museum dedicated to the collection and exhibition of art and artists of the American South. In 1989, Morris bought 230 pictures for the museum from Southern art collector Robert P. Coggins, with Keith Claussen appointed museum director the following year. On September 26, 1992, "The Morris" opened to the public, attracting over 10,000 visitors in the first two months. With more than 3,000 works in its permanent collection, the museum hosts changing exhibitions, educational programs, musical events, and hands-on art programs. The museum is located adjacent to Riverwalk Augusta and the Savannah River.
Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead , of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College. The museum, a member of Museums10, is free and open to the public.
A Galeria de Arte de Mannheim é um museu dedicado à arte dos séculos XIX e XX, fundado em 1909 e localizado na cidade de Mannheim, na Alemanha. Seu edifício-sede foi projetado por Hermann Billing como estrutura temporária para a Exposição Internacional de Arte de 1907, realizada em comemoração ao terceiro centenário da fundação da cidade. Após a exposição, o edifício foi transformado em galeria municipal de arte, sendo destinado desde então à guarda das coleções artísticas de Mannheim, à realização de exposições temporárias e outros eventos voltados às artes visuais.
Gainsborough Old Hall in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire is over five hundred years old and one of the best preserved medieval manor houses in England.The hall was built by Sir Thomas Burgh in 1460. The Burghs were rich, flamboyant and powerful people. Gainsborough Old Hall was not only their home, but also a demonstration of their wealth and importance. Sir Thomas was a great benefactor to Newark Church and also the founder of the Chantry and Alms House at Gainsborough. In 1470, the manor was attacked by Sir Robert Welles over a clash about lands, status, and honour, but it was not severely damaged. In 1484 Sir Thomas entertained King Richard III in his hall.In 1510, Sir Thomas Burgh's son, Edward Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh, was incarcerated at the Old Hall after being declared a lunatic. Sir Edward died in 1528, leaving his eldest son Sir Thomas as head of the family. In 1529, his son and heir, Sir Edward, married Catherine Parr, later Queen consort to King Henry VIII. The couple would stay at Gainsborough Old Hall until 1530, when they were granted their own manor in Kirton-in-Lindsey.King Henry VIII visited Gainsborough twice; once in 1509 and again in 1541 with the doomed Queen Catherine Howard. The Queen was accused of indiscretions both at Gainsborough and Lincoln and she was executed. Catherine Parr, by this time a widow, became Henry's sixth wife.When Thomas, the Fifth Lord Burgh, died without an heir, the Hall was sold in 1596 to William Hickman, a merchant from London, who made many improvements, especially to the east wing. William and his mother Rose supported John Smyth and the Separatist movement, and allowed them to meet and worship at the hall from 1603 until they sailed to Holland to find religious freedom and establish the Baptist movement. The Hickman family continued to play a prominent role in the development of Gainsborough and many became local members of parliament. Sir Neville Hickman invited John Wesley to preach in the Great Hall several times in 1759, and in 1761 and 1764.In 1720 a new house was built at Thonock on the edge of the town and the Old Hall became unoccupied. It remained in the family and was used for a variety of purposes. Architecturally the Old Hall has changed very little over the years. It is principally a timber framed building, giving it its characteristic 'striped' or 'black and white' appearance. On the north east corner is a brick tower. A splendid view of the town awaits those who brave the fifty-nine step climb to the top. Today, the Hall with its elaborate timber roof survives as well as the kitchen—possibly the most complete medieval kitchen in England. The kitchen still contains many original features, including two open fireplaces, each large enough to roast an ox, and two bread ovens served by a third chimney. The Hall is over five hundred years old and one of the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England.The tower of the Old Hall is supposedly haunted by the Grey Lady, thought to be the daughter of the Lord of the Manor who fell in love with a poor soldier and planned to elope with him. Her father discovered the plan and locked her away in the tower where she died from a broken heart. According to local legend the girl's spirit still wanders the tower, endlessly waiting for her lover to arrive.The house was looked after from 1949 by a volunteer group, The Friends of the Old Hall , who saved the building and first opened it to the public. Sir Edmund Bacon gave it to the nation in 1970. The house is now owned by English Heritage and is open to the public as a museum. It is listed as Grade I for Heritage Protection. The Friends organisation still exists, and provides volunteer guides and other expertise.
The Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a cultural institution in Venice, Italy, founded in 1869 at the behest of Conte Giovanni , the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family. Architect Carlo Scarpa designed interior, exterior, and garden elements and spaces on the ground floor of the historic building.
O Clare College é uma faculdade constituinte da Universidade de Cambridge em Cambridge, Inglaterra. O college foi fundado em 1326, sendo o segundo mais antigo college ainda existente da universidade, após o Peterhouse. Clare é famoso pelo coro da capela e por seus jardins no "the Backs" . O atual Master é Tony Badger. Clare é consistentemente uma das faculdades de Cambridge mais populares entre potenciais candidatos. A partir de 2012, tinha uma dotação financeira de cerca de £ 65 milhões.
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
An École des Beaux-Arts is one of a number of influential art schools in France. It is the cradle of Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and the United States during the end of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. The most famous and oldest École des Beaux-Arts is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, at 14 rue Bonaparte . The school has a history spanning more than 350 years, training many of the great artists in Europe. Beaux Arts style was modeled on classical "antiquities", preserving these idealized forms and passing the style on to future generations.
A Universidade de Aberdeen está localizada na cidade do mesmo nome, Aberdeen, na Escócia. Fundada pelo bispo William Elphinstone sob a autoridade de uma bula obtida entre 1494 e 1495, a Universidade de Aberdeen é a terceira universidade mais antiga da Escócia e a quinta universidade mais antiga do mundo anglo-saxónico.[1] A universidade conta com 5 prémios nóbel e foi eleita em 2019, pela revista Times, a universidade escocesa do ano.[2] Conta com licenciaturas em artes e teologia; ciências naturais; medicina clínica; ciências sociais; economia; engenharia, matemáticas e direito. O Instituto de Ecologia Terrestre e diversos Institutos de pesquisa agrícola, estão afiliados com a Universidade.
