Birmingham School of Art : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Birmingham School of Art / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The School of Art opposite BM&AG. This used to be The College of Art, part of the old Birmingham Polytechnic, which later became the UCE and now BCU.The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal school based in the centre of Birmingham. Although the organisation was absorbed into the Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971, it is now part of Birmingham City University's Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, it is Grade I listed.The building is on Margaret Street, and it remains part of the university's Department of Fine Art, but it is still commonly referred to its original title.The building is a red Victorian Gothic structure, completed after the death of architect J. H. Chamberlain, by his partner William Martin and his son Frederick Martin. Foundation stone laid in 1884, completed a year later in 1885.An extension was built in 1892-93 by Martin & Chamberlain running east down Cornwall Street. It was renovated and refurbished between 1992 and 1996 by Associated Architects.When it was listed in 1970 it was listed as the Art And Design Annexe, Birmingham Polytechnic. Obviously now it is the Birmingham City University School of Art.1881-85, by Martin and Chamberlain and extended along Cornwall Street in 1893. Brick and terracotta with stone dressings and some tile decoration and with mosaic in the central gable; tiled roof with bracketted eaves cornice and decorative ridge tiles. In a Gothic style. Three and 4 storeys; 5 bays, the central and outer ones all gabled though differently in width and height, a facade as brilliantly successful as it is wholly asymmetrical. The centre bay with the gabled entrance arch flanked by pinnacles and carrying a big pointed arched opening within the gable above. The door behind gates and up a steep flight of steps within a room with arches carried on granite columns and a flat panelled wooden ceiling. Ground floor windows all with shouldered and moulded heads. First floor windows all broad lancets in various groupings; then, on the left a roundel by Barlow of Leicester with splended foliage in an Art Nouveau style, a band of trefoil headed lancets with roundels below and, on the right, a big canted bay window carried on a tripartite buttress rising up from basement level and with a triplet of lancets above. Excellent floral details in the spandrels. Inside, too, with excellent detailing everywhere including mosaic floors, stained glass windows, fine metalwork and joinery and carved capitals. The studios on the top floor large and functionally constructed with big iron arches with quatrefoils. On the return, the 9 bays of the extension differ from the 5 bays of the original in having figures (by Benjamin Creswick) rather than foliage in the tympana of the arches.Birmingham School of Art - Heritage Gateway |
| 撮影日 | 2009-06-28 14:50:44 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1500) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |