British Museum : 無料・フリー素材/写真
British Museum / ell brown
ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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説明 | A visit to the British Museum. Located near Great Russell Street, in Bloomsbury, London (within the London Borough of Camden).We arrived at the museum while it was raining.Walking around the grass area to get to the entrance. Was glad to get inside where it was dry!The building is Grade I listed.The British Museum, Camden CAMDEN TQ3081NW GREAT RUSSELL STREET 798-1/100/697 (North side) 24/10/51 The British Museum GV I Museum. 1823-47. By Sir Robert Smirke with later additions. Portland stone. Planned as a big quadrangle with open courtyard extending north from Montague House (the original museum, demolished c1840). 2 main storeys in Greek Revival style. Built in stages. East Wing 1823-26: built to house George IV's library and Angerstein pictures (later basis of National Gallery). An early use of iron beams clad in concrete by engineer John Rastrick. Fine Grecian detail to interior with scagliola walls. West Wing 1831-4: built to house antiquities. Redecorated to Smirke's original colour scheme 1980. North Wing 1833-8: built to house antiquities. South Range 1842-7: built as the principal facade following the demolition of Montague House. 7-bay centre linked to projecting wings. Ionic octastyle portico with sculptured pediment projecting from a massive colonnade running around the wings. Ionic order from the temple of Athene Polias, Priene. Pediment sculpture depicts the "Progress of Civilisation" by Westmacott. Fine interior with grand central staircase. Round Reading Room 1852-7: by Sydney Smirke. Erected to fill the open quadrangle, with domed cast-iron roof. HISTORICAL NOTE: the museum expanded north during the C19, the last main addition being the King Edward VII Gallery (qv), 1914, facing Montague Place. Some of the galleries were damaged during World War II and have been remodelled for display purposes. Listing NGR: TQ3005981712This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.Source: English HeritageListed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence. |
撮影日 | 2015-08-23 12:57:38 |
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 S2980 , FUJIFILM |
露出 | 0.004 sec (1/280) |
開放F値 | f/7.1 |