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Paintings. The Walker Art Gallery has one of the most important and renowned painting collections in the UK. The collection includes European Renaissance paintings, masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Turner and Stubbs, Pre-Raphaelite artworks by Rossetti and Millais, Impressionist works by Monet and Degas a…. Walker Art Gallery.
Top 10 facts about the Terracotta Warriors - National Museums …
2: There were no historical records of them existing. The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors was a complete surprise to everyone because there are no historical records of them, or of an underground army. They had sat untouched underground for more than 2,200 years. This only adds to the mystery, as it is now the largest and most important ...
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26 Oct 2024—26 Jan 2025. This glamorous exhibition shines a spotlight on the lasting appeal of beaded and sequinned dresses and their place in fashion history. Lady Lever Art Gallery. 4 May 2024 - 5 May 2025 Bees: A Story Of Survival. In a unique partnership with the award-winning artist Wolfgang Buttress, Bees: A Story Of Survival is a ...
The evolution of Liverpool’s iconic waterfront
Jul 4, 2023 · By the time we reach this early 19th century painting (circa 1811), the city has become rather more familiar. The first landmark I look for in paintings of the Liverpool waterfront is the church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, long known as the Sailors’ Church and a key feature in many of the paintings of the waterfront.
A journey through the Han Dynasty in ten objects
The Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) was one of the longest surviving Chinese dynasties and rivalled the almost contemporary, but smaller Roman Empire. Following a period of civil war after the succession of Qin Shi Huang’s son in the Qin Dynasty, rebel leader Liu Bang defeated his rivals and became Han Gaozu, the First Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.
What made The Beatles global stars? - National Museums Liverpool
In 1998 viewers of Britain's Channel 4 television voted for the Beatles as the ultimate music of the millennium. They are perhaps the most obvious example of music having achieved international appeal, providing an enduring symbol of global culture. They were by no means the first popular musicians to achieve international celebrity. Composers such as Händel and Mozart, and virtuoso ...
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Bees: A Story of Survival | National Museums Liverpool
May 4, 2024 · Immerse yourself in an exhibition that brings together art and science to explore one of nature’s most incredible creatures - the bee.This exhibition is a story of 120 million years of adaptation and survival. Bees have lived on the planet since the time of the dinosaurs. They are vital to our survival, but changes to the environment …
Gardens in Ancient Egypt - National Museums Liverpool
Wall fragment from the tomb of Nebamun depicting an ancient Egyptian garden, about 1350 BC. Chapels were built in gardens for religious or funerary worship. Archaeologists who excavated wealthy private houses at Tell el-Amarna - the capital city built by king Akhenaten in the late 18th Dynasty - uncovered remains of statues and stelae dedicated to …
Cymon and Iphigenia - National Museums Liverpool
The story of Cimon (or Cymon) and Iphigenia was originally told in 'The Decameron' by Boccaccio. Millais’s source though, was the version by the 17th-century English poet, John Dryden. The poem described the aristocratic but boorish Cymon who had been banished by his family to live in the country as a rustic, and his love for the distant and refined Iphigenia.