The St. Louis Mercantile Library, founded in 1846 in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, was originally established as a membership library, and is the oldest extant library west of the Mississippi River. Since 1998 the library has been housed at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as a Special Collections library within the Thomas Jefferson Library. The majority of library materials can be assigned to one of four categories: the General Collection, the John W. Barriger Railroad Library, the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, or the Art Museum. The collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library have been named a City Landmark by the city of St. Louis, Mo., due to the cultural significance of the library.
St Thomas' Church is a historical building in Strasbourg, eastern France. It is the main Lutheran church of the city since its cathedral became Catholic again after the annexation of the town by France in 1681. It is nicknamed the "Protestant Cathedral" or the Old Lady , and the only example of a hall church in the Alsace region. The building is located on the Route Romane d'Alsace. It is classified as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1862. Its congregation forms part of the Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine.
The Basilica of St. James is a Gothic church in Levoča, Prešovský kraj, Slovakia. Building began in the 14th century. It is a Catholic parish church, dedicated to James the Apostle.
The interior features several Gothic altars, including as the main altar the world's tallest wooden altar at 18.62 metres by the workshop of Master Paul of Levoča, completed in 1517. The church, the second largest in Slovakia, also houses well-preserved furniture and art work. The steeple dates from the 19th century. The church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments in 2009. It is also a National Monument. In 2015, Pope Francis declared the church a Basilica minor.
Shrewsbury College is a further education college in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Formerly called Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology, the college is based on a campus on London Road. The College provides vocational excellence across a range of disciplines and has working environments for students including a commercial restaurant, Origins, a commercial salon, Evolve a student zone including a new Student Learning Centre and The Hub.
The College is the main provider of vocational education in the county and has a full range of full-time and part-time courses available in the full range of subject areas. In 2012, Shrewsbury College was named by The National Data Service as the highest placed general FE college in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Staffordshire based on their success rates for young students. In 2019, it was rated Inadequate by Ofsted.
The Setagaya Art Museum is an art museum in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo. The museum, which opened March 30, 1986, houses a permanent gallery and mounts seasonal exhibitions.
Scolton Manor is a Victorian country house and country park located in Pembrokeshire, West Wales northeast of Haverfordwest and on the borders of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Built as a home, it is now a museum and is a Grade II* listed building. The stable court, some 120 m to the north, is also a Grade II listed building and both are owned by Pembrokeshire County Council. The house, grounds and a number of exhibits are open to the public.
The SCAD Museum of Art was founded in 2002 as part of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, and originally was known as the Earle W. Newton Center for British American Studies.
The museum's permanent collection of more than 4,500 pieces includes works of haute couture, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints and more.
The SCAD Museum of Art is a teaching museum, serving Savannah College of Art and Design students and as well as members of the community and other visitors. A focal point is the Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies, a multidisciplinary center for the study, understanding and appreciation of African American culture, art and literature. It is complemented by the new André Leon Talley Gallery, named for the Vogue contributing editor and SCAD Board of Trustees member.
On Oct. 29, 2011, the SCAD museum opened its doors to a new era, unveiling the most extensive rehabilitation project the university has undertaken since its inception. The revitalized museum features new galleries and classrooms, a 250-seat theater, a terrace and outdoor projection screen, a conservation studio, a museum café, as well as a 12-foot-long orientation touch table. An 86-foot-tall steel and glass lantern welcomes visitors and elegantly redefines the Savannah city skyline.
A igreja de Santa Maria dos Milagres é uma igreja de Veneza , templo católico de estilo renascentista construído entre 1481 e 1489, projetado por Pietro Lombardo com a finalidade de dar uma localização digna à imagem da Virgem Maria venerada nesse lugar desde 1408.
A igreja foi edificada em estilo do renascimento veneziano: mármore branco, rosa e serpentina, colunas falsas nas paredes, parte alta da fachada semicircular, etc.
O interior tem uma única nave com una abóbada de berço e é dominado por uma escadaria que chega ao altar principal totalmente adornada por estátuas de Tullio Lombardo, Alessandro Vittoria e Nicolò di Pietro, enquanto que a abóbada se divide em cinquenta caixotões decorados com os rostos dos profetas, feitos por Vincenzo dalle Destre, irmão de Gerolamo Pennacchi, e Lattanzio da Rimini.
A Basílica de Sant'Eustorgio é uma igreja católica da cidade de Milão, na Itália.
Durante muito tempo foi um destino de peregrinos, já que era considerada o local da tumba dos Reis Magos. Foi fundada em torno do século IV, dedicada a Santo Eustórgio, bispo de Milão, a quem se atribui a transferência das relíquias dos Reis Magos. Mais tarde for reconstruída em estilo românico, e quando Milão foi saqueada por Frederico Barba-Ruiva as relíquias foram confiscadas e levadas para Colônia. Em 1904 alguns fragmentos delas foram devolvidos a Sant'Eustorgio.
Do século XIII em diante foi a sede milanesa dos Dominicanos, que realizaram novas obras na construção. A fachada atual é uma reconstituição moderna. O interior tem três naves e uma cúpula, e da estrutura românica só restam partes da abside. Do edifício original paleocristão só se preservam os alicerces. Ao longo das naves laterais existem diversas tumbas de famílias importantes de Milão, decoradas com esculturas e afrescos de Ambrogio Bergognone e Giotto. Entre os monumentos mais notáveis da basílica está a rica Capela Portinari, o memorial fúnebre da família, com uma tumba criada por Giovanni di Balduccio que é uma das melhores obras da Renascença lombarda.
Sant'Andrea della Valle ou Basílica de Santo André do Vale é uma basílica menor localizada no rione Sant'Eustachio de Roma, Itália. É também a sede mundial da ordem dos teatinos. Ela está localizada na Piazza Vidoni, no cruzamento do Corso Vittorio Emanuele II e do Corso Rinascimento. Na praça em frente da igreja está uma fonte de Carlo Maderno que, até 1937, ficava na hoje destruída Piazza Scossacavalli, no Borgo.
O último cardeal-presbítero do título de Santo André do Vale foi Giovanni Canestri, morto em 29 de abril de 2015.
San Stae is a church in central Venice, in the sestiere of Santa Croce.
San Stae, an abbreviation for Saint Eustachius, was founded at the beginning of the 11th century and reconstructed in the 17th century, and has a main facade on the Grand Canal of Venice, constructed by Domenico Rossi, and richly decorated with statuary by Giuseppe Torretto, Antonio Tarsia, Pietro Baratta, and Antonio Corradini.
The interior has a tomb for the Mocenigo family. The right wall contains altars with works by Niccolò Bambini, Giuseppe Camerata, and Antonio Balestra. The three chapels on the left house works by Giuseppe Torretto, Pietro Baratta, Francesco Migliori, and Jacopo Amigoni. The roof of the presbytery has a ceiling decorated with a large canvas by Bartolomeo Letterini, while the walls have canvases by Giuseppe Angeli and small canvases dedicated to the Apostles, including a Martyrdom of St. Bartholemew by a young Giambattista Tiepolo; The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas by Giambattista Pittoni,a Martyrdom of St. James the Greater by Giambattista Piazzetta; and a Liberation of St. Peter by Sebastiano Ricci . The sacristy contains a Death of Christ by Pietro della Vecchia and a Trajan orders Sant'Eustachio to pray to the idols by Giambattista Pittoni.
San Pietro in Vincoli ou Basílica de São Pedro Acorrentado é uma igreja titular e basílica menor localizada no Monte Ópio, em Roma, Itália, conhecida principalmente por abrigar a famosa estátua de Moisés, de Michelangelo, que decora o túmulo do papa Júlio II.
A igreja atualmente é administrada pelos Cônegos Regulares Lateranenses. O cardeal-presbítero protetor do Título de São Pedro Acorrentado é Donald Wuerl, arcebispo de Washington, D.C..
San Giovanni Fuoricivitas is a Romanesque religious church and adjacent buildings in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. The adjective fuoricivitas refers to it location, outside of the first set of city walls, when it was founded during the era of Lombard rule in Italy.
The Chiesa di San Giacomo dall'Orio is a church located in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, northern Italy.
The origin of the church's name is unknown. Possibilities include being named after a laurel that once stood nearby, a version of dal Rio , or once standing on an area of dried-up swamp . It was founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in 1225. The campanile dates from this period. There have been a number of rebuildings since that time and the ship's keel roof dates from the 14th century. Two of the columns were brought back from the Fourth Crusade, after the sacking of Constantinople.
San Giacomo dall'Orio is a parish church of the Vicariate of San Polo-Santa Croce-Dorsoduro. The other churches in the parish are the churches of San Stae and San Zan Degolà.
San Giacomo dell'Orio was the parish church of the painter Giambattista Pittoni who was buried there in 1767.
San Domenico is a church in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy.
It was begun in 1233, a few years after St. Dominic's death, and it is one of the first churches of the Dominican Order. The edifice had a nave and two aisles; what remains today are only the apse and the transept, after most of the church was demolished in 1932 to house the Female Academy of Gymnastics.
The church is notable for housing the desk used by St. Thomas of Aquino for his lessons at Orvieto during his sojourn in the city , as well as the Monument to Cardinal De Braye, sculpted by Arnolfo di Cambio around 1282. As proved by restorations, the statues of the Madonna included in the latter is in fact a 2nd-century BC Roman one. Also in the church is the Petrucci Chapel, designed by Michele Sanmicheli in 1516-1523 under the choir. It has an octagonal plan and several sculptures.
The church was home to the San Domenico Polyptych by Simone Martini , now in the Orvieto Cathedral's Museum.
