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British Art and Architecture
By Mr. Girard | August 18, 2010
All of the museums in London are free to enter, and the National Gallery is one among many worth spending some time in. (Another favorite of mine is the Natural History Museum.) Recently the museum put several forgeries on display (“National Gallery to reveal its fakes in exhibition”) that included works attributed to Hans Holbein, the Younger.
I encountered Holbein’s famous work, The Ambassadors, which I’ve embedded below, very unexpectedly when I went into the National Gallery to use the restroom the last time I was in London. The Holbein was one of several works I’d seen and appreciated in art history and humanities classes in college, but that I’d never thought I come face to face with. It was amazing.
Here’re links to some other stories on recent discoveries in England having to do with art and architecture and history:
- “Fifty-Year-Old Discovery in London Subway”
- “Roman gladiator cemetery found in England”
- “My crock of gold: Chef discovers largest ever hoard of Roman coins in a field”
It’s been a year since many of you signed-on the tour, kids, and now we’re only 283 days away from departure. I hope you’re starting to feel the excitement.
BONUS: To think about for your free time in the English capital (although I already covered number one on the list in this post): “What Not To Do In London: The Top Five Tourist Mistakes”.
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