Gloucester Life is a museum which is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the City of Gloucester, a Tudor merchant's house and a 17th-century town house. The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street, is devoted to the social history of Gloucestershire. Bishop Hooper is said to have lodged in the buildings now occupied by the museum the night before he was burned at the stake in front of St Mary de Lode Church in 1555.The Museum was called Gloucester Folk Museum before rebranding itself in 2016.
Galeria Spada é um museu em Roma, Itália, abrigado no Palazzo Spada e localizado no rione Regola, na piazza Capo di Ferro. O complexo é famoso por sua fachada e pela chamada Perpesctiva de Borromini, uma galeria que, através de uma perspectiva forçada, cria a ilusão de comprimento e profundidade muito maior do que a realidade, obra de Francesco Borromini. As obras expostas são pinturas dos séculos XVI e XVII.
Palazzo Colonna é um conjunto de edifícios palaciais na região central de Roma, Itália, na base do monte Quirinal e vizinho da Basílica dos Santos Doze Apóstolos, no rione Trevi. Ele foi construído sobre parte das ruínas de um antigo serapeu romano e é uma propriedade privada da prestigiosa família Colonna há mais de vinte gerações.
Fulham Palace, in Fulham, London, previously in the former English county of Middlesex, is a Grade I listed building with medieval origins and was formerly the principal residence of the Bishop of London. The site was the country home of the bishops from at least the 11th century until 1973. Though still owned by the Church of England, the palace is managed by the Fulham Palace Trust and houses a museum of its long history as well as restored historic rooms. It also has a large botanic garden and is situated next to Bishops Park. The palace garden is listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.The Palace is open daily and is free to visit. According to figures released by the Fulham Palace Trust, over 390,000 people visited Fulham Palace in 2015/2016.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is a teaching museum, major art repository, and exhibition space on the campus of Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It was founded in 1864 as the Vassar College Art Gallery. It displays works from antiquity to contemporary times. Vassar was the first college or university in the country to include an art museum as part of its original plan. The current 36,000-square-foot facility was designed by César Pelli and named in honor of the new building’s primary donor Frances Lehman Loeb, a member of the Class of 1928.The Lehman Loeb Art Center’s collections chart the history of art from antiquity to the present and comprise over 18,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, and glass and ceramic wares. Teaching students and working as an important tangible complement to the curriculum is the main focus of the collection. Notable holdings include the Warburg Collection of Old Master prints, an important group of Hudson River School paintings given by Matthew Vassar at the college’s inception, and a wide range of works by major European and American twentieth century painters.
Falmouth University is a specialist University for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as the Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it has previously been known as Falmouth College of Art and Design and then Falmouth College of Arts before it received degree-awarding powers, and the right to use the title "University College", in March 2005. In April 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts, adding a range of performance courses to its portfolio. On 27 November 2012, a communication was released to the staff and students and local press that "University College Falmouth is to be granted full university status in a move that will further its ambition to become one of the top five arts universities in the world." On 9 December 2012, the University College was officially granted full university status by the Privy Council.The university is located in Penryn and Falmouth. Penryn Campus, near the town of Penryn, is the larger of its two campuses, which it operates in partnership with the University of Exeter. Falmouth Campus is in Falmouth town centre.
Founded in 1959, The El Paso Museum of Art is located in downtown El Paso, Texas. First accredited in 1972, it is the only accredited art museum within a 250-mile radius and serves approximately 100,000 visitors per year. A new building was completed in 1998. In addition to its permanent collections and special exhibitions, the museum also offers art classes, film series, lectures, concerts, storytelling sessions and other educational programs to the West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico community. EPMA's Algur H. Meadows Art Library houses a special collection of art and art history reference books.
École des Beaux-Arts é um termo que se refere a diversas escolas de Arte na França, sendo a mais famosa delas a Escola Nacional Superior de Belas Artes, localizada em Paris, próxima ao Museu do Louvre. A escola tem uma história de mais de 350 anos, treinando muitos dos grandes artistas da Europa. O estilo Beaux Arts foi modelado com base na Antiguidade Clássica, preservando as formas idealizadas e passando o estilo às gerações futuras.
Dumbarton Oaks é uma mansão em Washington, D.C. com famosos jardins, do século XIX, construída em estilo federal em Georgetown, um dos bairros da capital dos Estados Unidos. Actualmente alberga a Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, um centro académico de estudos bizantinos, pré-colombianos e de história do paisagismo. O centro publica a revista académica Dumbarton Oaks Papers. A mansão de Dumbarton Oaks foi construída em 1800, tendo ficado conhecida por ser a residência de John C. Calhoun, senador e vice-presidente. Em 1920, foi comprada por Robert Woods Bliss , um diplomata americano, e pela sua mulher, Mildred Barnes Bliss , uma proeminente colecionadora de arte.
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery was a public museum and art gallery located in the town centre of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1883, situated within buildings on St James's Road, and remained at that site until its closure in 2016. Some of the museum collections have since been relocated to the Dudley Archives centre on Tipton Road.
A diocesan museum is a museum for an ecclesiastical diocese, a geographically-based division of the Christian Church. Austria: Evangelical Diocesan Museum, Burgenland in the Evangelical Prayer House in the Mönchhof Village Museum Diocesan Museum, Graz, Styria Gurk Treasury, Carinthia Evangelical Diocesan Museum, Fresach in Fresach, Carinthia Diocesan Museum, Linz, Upper Austria Evangelical Diocesan Museum, Styria in Murau Cathedral Museum Salzburg, Salzburg state Diocesan Museum, St. Pölten, Lower Austria Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, ViennaGermany: Augustiner Museum Freiburg, Diocesan Museum, for the Archbishopric of Freiburg Diocesan Museum, Bamberg Kolumba, Archepiscopal Diocesan Museum, Cologne Diocesan Museum, Eichstätt Domberg Museum, Freising Cathedral Museum, Fulda Cathedral Museum, Hildesheim Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, Mainz Diocesan Museum, Osnabrück Archepiscopal Diocesan Museum, and Cathedral Treasury, Paderborn Bishopric Museums, Regensburg Diocesan Museum, RottenburgItaly: Diocesan Museum, Brixen Diocesan Museum Spain: Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Álava Diocesan Museum, Albarracín Diocesan Museum, Alcalá de Henares Diocesan Museum, Barbastro Diocesan Museum, Barcelona Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Bilbao Cathedral [and Diocesan] Museum, Burgo de Osma Co-cathedral and Diocesan Museum, Cáceres Diocesan Museum, Calahorra Diocesan Museum, Ciudad Real Diocesan and Cathedral Museum, Ciudad Rodrigo Diocesan Museum, Córdoba Diocesan Museum, Cuenca Diocesan Museum, Ibiza Diocesan Museum, Huelva Diocesan Museum, Huesca Diocesan Museum, Jaca Cathedral [and Diocesan] Museum, Jaén Diocesan Museum, La Seu d'Urgell Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Diocesan and Cathedral Museum, León Diocesan and Comarcal Lleida Museum, Lleida Diocesan and Cathedral Museum, Lugo Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Moguer Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, Mondoñedo Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Orihuela Church Museum, Oviedo Diocesan Museum, Palencia Diocesan Museum, Palma de Mallorca Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, Pamplona Diocesan Museum, Salamanca Diocesan Museum, San Sebastián Regina Coeli Diocesan Museum, Santillana del Mar Cathedral Museum, Segorbe Diocesan Museum of Ancient Art, Sigüenza Diocesan and Regional Museum, Solsona Diocesan Museum, Tarragona [Diocesan] Museum of Sacred Art, Teruel Diocesan Museum, Tui, Spain Diocesan and Cathedral Museum, Valencia Diocesan and Cathedral Museum, Valladolid Episcopal Museum, Vic Diocesan Museum, Zamora Alma Mater Museum [Diocesan Museum], Zaragoza
Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos
O Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos diversas vezes referido como o Departamento de Estado, ou DoS, é o departamento executivo federal dos Estados Unidos responsável pelas relações internacionais do país, e equivalente ao Ministério das Relações Exteriores de outros países. O departamento foi criado em 1789 e foi o primeiro departamento executivo a ser estabelecido.Sua sede fica situada no Edifício Harry S. Truman, localizado no Noroeste de Washington, a poucos quarteirões da Casa Branca. O departamento opera as missões diplomáticas do país no exterior e é responsável pela implementação da política externa dos Estados Unidos e os esforços da diplomacia americana. O departamento é liderado pelo Secretário de Estado, que é nomeado pelo Presidente e confirmado pelo Senado, e é membro do Gabinete. O atual Secretário de Estado é Mike Pompeo. O Secretário de Estado é o funcionário do Gabinete em primeiro lugar na ordem de precedência e na linha de sucessão presidencial.
Convento de San Domenico (Fiesole)
O Convento de San Domenico é um convento da Ordem Dominicana em Fiesole, na Toscânia, Itália, perto da colina de Fiesole nos arredores de Florença. Foi fundado em 1406 e concluído em 1435 sob iniciativa de Giovanni Dominici e do bispo de Fiesole, Jacopo Altoviti, ambos monges na Basílica de Santa Maria Novella em Florença. O campanário e o pórtico são de 1635, projetados por Matteo Nigetti. O interior da igreja é de nave única, com capelas laterais. Fra Angelico foi monge neste local, e pintou várias obras para o convento, incluindo a Pala di Fiesole e a Coroação da Virgem . A obra Virgem com o Menino entre São João Batista e São Sebastião de Pietro Perugino é hoje exibida nos Uffizi em Florença.
A Comédie-Française, ou Théâtre-Français, é um teatro estatal da França e um dos únicos que têm uma companhia permanente de atores. Situa-se no 1º arrondissement de Paris.
The Columbia Museum of Art is an art museum in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.
O maior grupo religioso da Itália é o Catolicismo, que abrange cerca de 80% dos italianos. É na capital da Itália, Roma, onde se situa a Santa Sé, a sede da Igreja Católica, no enclave do Vaticano. Segundo uma sondagem do Eurobarómetro, 70% da população italiana diz acreditar em Deus; 10% afirma acreditar num espírito ou numa força de vida; 6% responderam acreditar que não haja qualquer Deus, espírito ou força de vida.
Christ Church Picture Gallery is an art museum at Christ Church, one of the colleges of Oxford University in England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 300 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings. It is one of the most important private collections in the United Kingdom. The greater part of the collection was bequeathed by a former member of the college, General John Guise, arriving after his death in 1765. Further gifts and bequests were made by W. T. H. Fox-Strangways, Walter Savage Landor, Sir Richard Nosworthy & C.R. Patterson . The Picture Gallery is especially strong on Italian art from the 14th to 18th centuries. The collection includes paintings by Annibale Carracci , Duccio, Fra Angelico, Hugo van der Goes, Giovanni di Paolo, Filippino Lippi , Sano di Pietro, Frans Hals, Salvator Rosa, Tintoretto, Anthony van Dyck and Paolo Veronese, and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Albrecht Dürer and Peter Paul Rubens and a great range of other artists, especially Italians.The drawings collection is shown by a small exhibition, changing roughly every three months, and sometimes showing works not in the permanent collection, especially those by modern artists. The gallery was designed by Hidalgo Moya and Philip Powell, and built in 1968, enabling the collection to be open to the public for the first time. It is located in the Deanery garden.Professor Joanna Woodall of the Courtauld Institute is a former Assistant Curator of the gallery. The current curator is Jacqueline Thalmann.Late on 14 March 2020, paintings by Van Dyck, Annibale Carracci and Salvator Rosa were stolen from the gallery.
