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Rick Steves Tour: National Gallery, London
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Rick Steves' Tours eBooks are straightforward, self-guided tours of some of Europe's most popular museums, ancient buildings, and other points of interest, designed for easy reference on your mobile device or eReader. In Rick Steves’ Tour: National Gallery, Londonfor less than the price of a cappuccinoRick shares his candid advice on how to get the most out of a visit to the National Gallery, including when to go and what's worth your time once you're there. With Rick's knowledgeable, humorous writing in hand, you'll also learn some interesting historical facts about the museum along the way. Packed with indispensable tips and recommendations from America's expert on Europe, Rick Steves’ Tour: National Gallery, London is a tour guide in your pocketand on your smartphone.
Rick Steves' Tours and Walks are available for must-see locations throughout London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Amsterdam, Vienna, Budapest, Athens, and Istanbul.
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National Gallery Tour
Map: National Gallery
Orientation
The Tour Begins
Medieval and Early Renaissance (1260-1440)
Italian Renaissance (1400-1550)
Venetian Renaissance (1510-1600)
High Renaissance (1500)
Northern Protestant Art (1600-1700)
Baroque (1600-1700)
French Rococo (1700-1800)
British Art (1800-1850)
Impressionism and Beyond (1850-1910)
The National Gallery lets you tour Europe’s art without ever crossing the Channel. Britain’s best collection of paintings features all the biggies: Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh, and more. With so many exciting artists and styles, it’s a fine overture to art if you’re just starting a European trip, and a pleasant reprise if you’re just finishing. The “National Gal” is always a welcome interlude from the bustle of London sightseeing.
In this 90-minute sweep through Britain’s best collection of paintings, we’ll travel chronologically through art history: from medieval madonnas to Renaissance goddesses, from intricate Dutch detail to Baroque bombast, from British restraint to the breezy French Impressionism that leads to the modern world. We’ll cruise like an eagle with wide eyes for the big picture, seeing how each style progresses into the next.
Map Key
Medieval & Early Renaissance
1 Anonymous – The Wilton Diptych
2 Uccello – Battle of San Romano
3 Van Eyck – The Arnolfini Portrait
Italian Renaissance
4 Leonardo – The Virgin of the Rocks
5 Botticelli – Venus and Mars
6 Crivelli – The Annunciation with Saint Emidius
7 Leonardo – Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist
Venetian Renaissance
8 Titian – Bacchus and Ariadne
9 Tintoretto – The Origin of the Milky Way
High Renaissance
10 Michelangelo – The Entombment
11 Raphael – Pope Julius II
12 Bronzino – An Allegory with Venus and Cupid
13 Holbein – The Ambassadors
Northern Protestant Art
14 Vermeer – A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal
15 Van Hoogstraten – A Peepshow
16 Rembrandt – Belshazzar’s Feast
17 Rembrandt – Self-Portrait at 63
Baroque & French Rococo
18 Rubens – The Judgment of Paris
19 Velázquez – The Rokeby Venus
20 Van Dyck – Equestrian Portrait of Charles I
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- Aug 16, 2016
- Page Count
- 20 pages
- Publisher
- Rick Steves
- ISBN-13
- 9781631215247
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