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The best art exhibitions in London this spring
London is home to many exciting and interesting art exhibitions this spring. The range of art on show is so diverse there's something to satisfy everyone's tastes.
If you're looking to explore the artistic offerings of the capital city, the following exhibitions are currently running:
Former Turner prize-winner Chris Ofili is exhibiting at the Tate Britain until mid-May. His artwork is coloured with rich layering and shows an inventive used of mixed media, including glitter, resin, map pins and elephant dung. His work is noted for its references to his Nigerian heritage. Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and was selected in 2003 to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale, where his work for the British Pavilion was done in collaboration with the architect David Adjaye.
'Victoria & Albert: Art & Love in London' is the first exhibition to focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's love of art. The exhibition spans the length of their marriage and includes over 400 items from the Royal Collection, most of which were exchanged between the pair as tokens to mark special occasions. The exhibition at the Queen's Gallery runs until October.
The National Portrait Gallery is exhibiting over 60 portraits as part of their 'Indian Portrait' exhibition. It includes portraits of Mughal emperors, courtiers, holy men and some depictions of Europeans by Indian artists. This is complemented by an exhibition of work, and a trail, by the Singh Twins. The two London-born twin sisters are acclaimed British artists, and the exhibition will provide a contemporary response to the portrait exhibition. It runs until June.
Art fans looking for something a little more quirky will enjoy 'the Music of the Fans' exhibition at the Fan Museum. It draws together a selection of intricately designed fans featuring musical instruments and musical themes. The museum, heralded as one of London's hidden gems, is home to over 3,500 antique and contemporary fans dating from the 11th century on wards. The exhibition runs until July.
History buffs will be drawn to the Ministry of Food exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. It explores the rationing of food which was introduced by wartime government 70 years ago. It shows how people adapted to the 14 year ration by growing their own food, trying different recipes and eating communally. It includes a wartime greenhouse, a grocer's shop, cookery demonstrations and family events and will run until 2011.
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Art History help 10 pts!?
1.Because the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius shows the emperor wearing no armor and carrying no weapons, it is called an example of a "philosopher portrait" showing that he wins his victories using no effort, as if it is the will of the gods.
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2.Registers on the Column of Trajan depict the conquests of the emperor in bands that are 2 feet tall from the bottom all the way to the top of the column.
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3.The floor plan of Rome's ancient Coliseum was actually begun as a single outdoor amphitheatre.
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4.The famed artist-monk Andrey Rublyov used a Late Byzantine invention of mathematical or ideal geometry and created human forms and features according to it.
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5.The Late Byzantine architectural styles changed somewhat from earlier plans and one invention was called the "shater" which was a steep and tentlike form of roof designed to keep large accumulations of snow from forming.
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2) False
3) True
4) True
5) True
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore by Stella Duffy | Book review
Tom Holland enjoys a rip-roaring ride with an empress The grander the show of virtue, the more titillating the exposé. The British press were certainly not the first to have fathomed this. Back in the sixth century AD, the Roman historian Procopius wrote a portrait of the empress Theodora that chronicled, in scabrous detail, her early life as an actress and whore: a career which had featured ...
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