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British culture: Cultural venues

British culture: Cultural venues. By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová. VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0202. Where can we go to experience something cultural ?. Museums Galleries Theatres Music halls. British museum. exhibits the works of man from prehistoric to modern times from around the world .

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British culture: Cultural venues

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  1. British culture:Cultural venues By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0202

  2. Where can we go to experience something cultural? Museums Galleries Theatres Music halls

  3. 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.

  4. Cultures & galleries in BM Amphoras, bottles Brooches, earrings Marble statues Bricks Reliefs Jugs, cups, bowls Coins, banknotes Furniture Armoury drawings Not only: Mexico Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Greece Rome Europe Japan China Korea Assyria Mesopotamia

  5. Queen of the Night relief, Mesopotamia, between 1800 and 1750 BC Portland Vase, Roman, about 5–25 AD Hoa Hakananai'a. Easter Island, AD 1000–1200 David vases, China, Yuan dynasty, 1351 AD

  6. 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, …

  7. Map and objects in British museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/floor_plans_and_galleries/ground_floor.aspx The British Museum Reading room panorama

  8. 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. William Hogarth, The Painter and his Pug, 1745 Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia, c. 1851

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Madame Tussauds Who would (n‘t) you take a photo with and why? Kate Winslet David Beckham Lewis Hamilton the Queen and the Royal family Lady Gaga Marylin Monroe Adolf Hitler Nelson Mandela Alfred Hitchcock Arnold Swarzenegger • A waxmuseum • 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

  13. Madame Tussauds building (London, England)

  14. 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

  15. Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434 Raphael, The Aldobrandini Madonna, 1510

  16. John Constable, The Cornfield, 1826 Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888

  17. National Portrait Gallery Portraits of: Shakespeare Bronte sisters Queen Victoria Charles Dickens Elizabeth I. Jane Austen Charles Darwin Princess Diana Rudyard Kipling John Lennon Isaac Newton …and more http://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

  18. The Royal Albert Hall • Opened by Queen Victoria in 1871, namedafter 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

  19. 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. . . . . . . . . . .

  20. What venues? What venues do the following terms refer to? a/ Proms b/ Caricatures c/ Sunflowers d/ Neptune and Triton e/ Marvel Super Heroes f/ Easter Island Statue g/ Pop art h/ Millbank prison i/ amphoras a/ theRoyal Albert Hall b/ theNational Portrait Gallery c/ theNational Gallery d/ theVictoria and Albert museum e/ Madame Tussauds f/ theBritish museum g/ Tate Modern h/ Tate Britain i/ theBritish museum

  21. Sources: http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/tourist-attraction/top-ten-attractions http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/285709-british-museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/cultures_index.aspx http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/427197-national-gallery http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/344410-tate-modern http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/58843-royal-albert-hall http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/209165-victoria-and-albert-museum http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/284875-madame-tussauds-london http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Modern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Tussauds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/collection-catalogues.php http://www.npg.org.uk/collections.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Planetarium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum_Reading_Room http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/floor_plans_and_galleries/ground_floor.aspx

  22. Pictures slide 1: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Londres_465..jpg/450px-Londres_465..jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/London-Victoria_and_Albert_Museum-Sculpture-04.jpg/416px-London-Victoria_and_Albert_Museum-Sculpture-04.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Rosetta_Stone.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/British_Museum_%28front%29.jpg/800px-British_Museum_%28front%29.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/British_Museum_Great_Court_roof.jpg/426px-British_Museum_Great_Court_roof.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Portland_Vase_BM_Gem4036_n4.jpg/396px-Portland_Vase_BM_Gem4036_n4.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hoa_Hakananai%27a_1.jpg/400px-Hoa_Hakananai%27a_1.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Room_95_David_Vases_6747.JPG/543px-Room_95_David_Vases_6747.JPG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Lilith_Periodo_de_Isin_Larsa_y_Babilonia.JPG/471px-Lilith_Periodo_de_Isin_Larsa_y_Babilonia.JPG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Tate_Modern_viewed_from_Thames_Pleasure_Boat_-_geograph.org.uk_-_307445.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/John_Everett_Millais_-_Ophelia_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/800px-John_Everett_Millais_-_Ophelia_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/William_Hogarth_006.jpg/462px-William_Hogarth_006.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Madame_Tussauds_London.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fountain_in_Trafalgar_Square_2.jpg/800px-Fountain_in_Trafalgar_Square_2.jpg http://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

  23. Pictures slide 2: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpg/438px-Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/The_Aldobrandini_Madonna.jpg/513px-The_Aldobrandini_Madonna.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Constable_-_The_Cornfield.jpg/512px-Constable_-_The_Cornfield.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg/475px-Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Royal_Albert_Hall.jpg/800px-Royal_Albert_Hall.jpg http://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

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