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The Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts is the oldest fine arts institution in Britain. Situated in the heart of the West End in Piccadilly. It is best known for hosting some of the best in the temporary capital and exhibitions.
On permanent display is:
 • Paintings of the members (Reynolds, Gainsborough, Constable, Turner)
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 • paintbox of Queen Victoria
 • The only sculpture by Michelangelo in the country of
 • The unfinished marble tondo of the Madonna and Boy
 • The copy of Leonardo's famous Last Supper by Da Vinci
The British Museum
The British Museum holds in trust for the nation and the world:
 • A collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures
The collection is housed in one of the architectural monuments in Britain and is one of the best of existence that spans two million years of human history. There is no charge for admission to the collection.
Enjoy a selection of hot and cold meals and refreshments in the restaurant and outdoor cafà ©. There are two shops adjacent to the galleries that sell merchandise inspired by current exhibitions and works of scholars and a wide selection of art books.
The British Museum Company Limited was founded in 1973. Its purpose is to advance the educational objectives of the Museum.
The National Gallery
The permanent collection of the National Commission Painting Gallery has western Europe dating from around 1250 onwards. Some famous artists include:
 • Vincent Van Gogh: 1853-1890. Van Gogh is today one of the most popular post-impressionist painters. He was not appreciated during his lifetime. His works are characterized by expressive and emotive use of brilliant color and the vigorous implementation of impasto paint. Born in Holland. In 1890, while suffering from an episode of depression, shot himself in the chest and died two days later.
 • Leonardo da Vinci: 1452-1519. Leonardo was Italian. His paintings are rare survivors, and many of his projects were never completed. He is still revered as a universal genius. I was fascinated by the mystery of the face and the ability to read the 'movements of the soul "through gestures and expressions facial. One of his most famous works is a portrait of his wife, known as the "Mona Lisa." This painting is famous for its enigmatic expression nanny.
 • Miguel Angel: 1475-1564. Born in Italy. He was a painter, on the panel and in fresco, a sculptor, architect and poet. It was the first artist recognized by his contemporaries as a genius. The theme of Christ's death is being repeated throughout his work, and is the subject of his early "Entombment."
 • Rembrandt: 1606-1669. Went Netherlands, and was probably the greatest Dutch painter and one of the most important artists in the tradition of Western European art. Interpretations deep in the Bible, as well as the psychological depth of his portraits remain unique. The self-portraits that made us a pictorial autobiography, however, he probably thought of himself as a painter of history, as represented in the collection "Baltasar party ',' the woman caught in adultery" and a number of other paintings of religious subjects.
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 © 2007 Connie Limon
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