The Golden Triangle in Madrid, a UNESCO World Heritage site, comprises the Prado, and the nearby Thyssen-Bornemisza – Bornemisza Museum, and the Museo Reina Sofia, containing Picasso’s Guernica. We spent most of our visit in the Prado, which has, reputably, the finest collection of European art in the world. It is a huge collection which…
Category: Architecture
Architecture, Turner & Salisbury Cathedral
Daniel, my friend’s son, recently graduated with a degree in Architecture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. I chatted with him last week about the experience and the conversation reminded me just how complex architecture can be and how I admire those who master the profession. I always stand in awe when I look…
Stanley Spencer and The Sandham Memorial Chapel
The Oratory of All Souls, Sandham Memorial Chapel, to give the building its full title reflects the spirit of our great twentieth century painter, Sir Stanley Spencer. It is unique in Britain, being a chapel whose interior walls are completely covered in paintings. Undoubted inspired by the Arena Chapel, in Padua, which was frescoed by…
Stanley Spencer and The Sandham Memorial Chapel
The Oratory of All Souls, Sandham Memorial Chapel, to give the building its full title reflects the spirit of our great twentieth century painter, Sir Stanley Spencer. It is unique in Britain, being a chapel whose interior walls are completely covered in paintings. Undoubted inspired by the Arena Chapel, in Padua, which was frescoed by…
European Stained Glass Window in Dorset
St Andrew’s in Trent is a truly sumptuous parish church on the Dorset and Somerset border not far from Yeovil. It is like a museum of fine art in a parish church and keeps drawing me back. There is a plethora of interesting furnishings from a superbly carved chancel screen (supposedly by the monks of…
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