The National Gallery - Trafalgar Square, London - statues and sculptures : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The National Gallery - Trafalgar Square, London - statues and sculptures / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | We went to the National Gallery in the late afternoon. Was somewhere to go before we went and saw a show on the Friday evening.This is The National Gallery at sunset / after dark.Outside the National Gallery.Statues and sculptures on the wall outside the entrance.National Gallery is Grade I listed.TQ 2980 NE and 3080 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WC271/106; 72/1345.2.70 National GalleryG.V. IPicture Gallery. 1832-38 by William Wilkins, built to "command" the north sideof new square and house the Angerstein Collection, purchased by the governmentat the instance of George IV, as well as, originally, to accommodate the RoyalAcademy. Portland stone, concealed glazed gallery roofs. Fine, scholarly,Graeco-Roman classicism that reads well in perspective but is weak as a frontalcomposition with too even a balance in the accents that attempt to vary thislong elevation. 2 storeys on plinth. 32 windows wide with central octastylepedimented portico with secondary tetrastyle portico entrances and terminalpavilions. The central Corinthian portico is effectively raised on podium wallwith flanking steps. Set back behind portico pediment is a stone cupolaed domeon stone drum. The centrepiece of the main portico is flanked by 2 giantpilastered bays before breaking back to the main wall plane of the wings.Architraved sash windows with cornices on ground floor, blind on 1st floor. Thesecondary Corinthian tetrastyle porticoes have parapets raised over centralbay. The terminal pavilions have pairs of flanking giant pilasters and aresurmounted by small octagonal stone cupolas with pierced work openings. 1stfloor sill band; main entablature with dentil cornice and crowning balustradedparapet. The columns from Holland's demolished Carlton House were intended forthe portico but in the end only bases and reworked capitals from Carlton Housewere reused for the secondary porticoes in the wings. On east facade frontal isa seated statue of Minerva by Flaxman made as a Britannia for Marble Arch.Existing interiors principally by E. M. Barry, 1867-76, vestibule and centralhall by Sir J. Taylor, 1885-87. The National Gallery site had already beenproposed for this purpose in Nash's Metropolitan Improvements as of course theoverall plan of the square.Survey of London. Vol XX.Georgian London;John Summerson. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-11-25 16:33:12 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | London, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.022 sec (1/45) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.2 |