We trod the boards looking for the best in British culture and art
The experience I had at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was like no other. The first time I saw a play at this theatre for Mother Courage I was quite literally left speechless. Afterwards at lunch, Emmy, Reese, and I all couldn’t stop talking about the experience and just how amazing it felt. With this being said, …
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For this blog, I decided on the portrait named Portrait, Eyes Lowered by Celia Paul. This portrait is more abstract, depicting a figure who looks to be naked, or possibly wearing a navy blue tank top, at least from what we as viewers can see. The hairstyle of the sitter is a sort of disheveled …
Yesterday, all of us made our way to the National Portrait Gallery to, once again, be in awe of art. I thought I would’ve been tired of staring at art by now, but of course I was made aware by the Gallery how art never fails to not only capture your attention, but keep it. …
Man, I like portraiture more than I thought! I think it is one of my top three favorite visual art forms (probably still below architecture, though). I visited our National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. a few years ago, and I remember being delighted by it at the time, but I didn’t quite realize the depth of my admiration. I think portraits are so interesting to me …
They say that a picture is worth 1,000 words. This saying definitely rang true at the National Portrait Gallery this morning. The gallery is filled with hundreds of paintings, photographs, and sculptures of incredibly influential people. Out of all of the museums we have been to, I think this one is my favorite. As I …
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Hello. This is the portrait I picked out. Wow. What a cool portrait. To start off, the Portrait Gallery was very beautiful. I had a very peaceful time and found myself trying to mimic the facial expressions of every sitter I saw. I think it makes me more in tune with my facial control. I …
There are a million different personalities within the National Portrait Gallery. I found it hard to pick just one portrait to write about. I kept finding so many. What I found really interesting was that the portraits that stood out to me for possibly writing about, turned out to be actors. Crazy! Anyways. I finally …
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I’ve now been through my fair share of museums and art galleries here in London, however, the National Portrait Gallery certainly had the highest number of intriguing faces. I love a good portrait. I believe that a persons face, particularly their eyes, can tell so much in a painting. Many of them fight my eye, …
Tuesday morning me and the group tubed on over to the gorgeous Westminster Abbey! I had absolutely no idea what this building was and I learned so much! The Westminster Abbey is home to many royal coronations, burials, and several royal weddings. I read on their site that it is known as “one of the …
Today we went to the National Portrait Gallery, a multi-storied museum filled with halls and halls of paintings and portraits ranging from historic figures from the 1700s, like Napoleon Bonaparte or Toussaint L’Ouverture, to more recent historical legends, like Elton John! One portrait that first grabbed my attention and then became even more interesting as …
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