Art+&+Architecture

[[image:British_Museum_Great_court.jpg]]British Museum's Great Court
[]We have a wide range of activities, events, courses, trails and resources to help you make discoveries about the world's cultures and engage with our objects - both online and at the Museum. This is a rich site with virtual tours and online activities to keep you moving through tons of cool cultural content.

[] Presented to the university by Paul Mellon (Class of 1929)‚ the Yale Center for British Art houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. The collection of paintings‚ sculpture‚ drawings‚ prints‚ rare books‚ and manuscripts reflects the development of British art‚ life‚ and thought from the Elizabethan period onward. The Center offers a year-round schedule of exhibitions and educational programs‚ including films‚ concerts‚ lectures‚ tours‚ and special events. It also provides numerous opportunities for scholarly research‚ such as residential fellowships. Academic resources of the Center include the Reference Library and Photo Archive‚ Conservation Laboratory‚ and Study Room for examining works on paper. An affiliated institution in London‚ the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art‚ awards grants and fellowships‚ publishes academic titles‚ and sponsors Yale’s only credit-granting undergraduate study abroad program‚ Yale-in-London

[] Young Tate is a youth art initiative run at all Tate’s galleries by young adults for young adults, giving everyone the opportunity to reach their own conclusions about art.

[] From the Middle Ages to the 20th century, what are the influences and movements that have shaped the changing face of British architecture?

[] The RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architecture) is a key source of information on architecture and related subjects. From up-to-date material on all aspects of design and construction, through to international architectural history, whatever you want to find out about - find out about it here!

[] Westminster Abbey is steeped in more than a thousand years of history. Benedictine monks first came to this site in the middle of the tenth century, establishing a tradition of daily worship which continues to this day. Great pictures and video to put you right in the middle of events and history.

[] Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of Her Majesty The Queen and serves as both home and office. Go visit the Queen!!

[] Read the grisly history of beheadings, ghastly dungeons and tortures in this huge complex that's really a series of 12 different towers. PROJECT IDEA: How about creating a Comic page with each different London Tower represented! You could paste pictures from the webpage into [] and create your own page with information on each different tower. The graphics at Comic Life are great for showing grisly torture tools - yeah, uh huh.

Or, to get a personal account of the tower's history, read the novel __The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise__, about different personalities living in the tower complex today. The Beefeaters (you know, those guys in the red suits with the big fuzzy hats) really do live there!

Stuart, Julia. __The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise.__ New York: Knopf Doubleday, 2010.


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