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art collections — The best known Spanish art collection is undoubtedly that housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid, and is an example of a collection that owes its origin to the donation to the public of privately owned works, in this instance a large part of the … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Art collections of Holkham Hall — Holkham Hall in Norfolk has extensive contents which include:Collections [ piano nobile at Holkham, showing the four symmetrical wings at each corner of the principal block. South is at the top of the plan. A Marble Hall; B The Saloon; C Statue… … Wikipedia
Museum of Art Collections — The Art Collections Museum main view (January 2008) The Museum of Art Collections is a branch of the National Museum of Art of Romania and is situated in Bucharest. It contains 44 collections donated to the Romanian State beginning with 1927 by… … Wikipedia
(the) National Art Collections Fund — the National Art Collections Fund [the National Art Collections Fund] a British charity that tries to keep great works of art in museums and galleries in Britain. Since it was started in 1903, it has saved more than 750 000 art objects from being … Useful english dictionary
Leeds Art Collections Fund — The Leeds Art Collections Fund or LACF has been supporting the visual arts in Leeds since 1912. Founded by Frank Rutter, who was Director of the Leeds City Art Gallery at the time, with the support of the Vice Chancellor of the University of… … Wikipedia
ART COLLECTORS AND ART DEALERS — Art collecting in the modern sense can be said to have originated during the period of the Renaissance in Italy, with the emergence on the one hand of individual artists from the anonymity of the Middle Ages, and on the other of families and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
National Art Collections Fund — a British charity that tries to keep great works of art in museums and galleries in Britain. Since it was started in 1903, it has saved more than 750 000 art objects from being sold abroad or into private collections in Britain. * * * … Universalium
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens — ▪ cultural centre, San Marino, California, United States library and cultural institution created in 1919 at San Marino, Calif., near Los Angeles, by Henry E. Huntington (Huntington, Henry E.) and left as a public trust upon his death.… … Universalium
Art of Memory (company) — Art of Memory Ltd. is a multimedia design and production company based in Chipping Campden in the United Kingdom. It was founded in the early 1990 s by Graham and Sarah Howard to produce multimedia presentations primarily for museums and art… … Wikipedia
Art, Antiques, and Collections — ▪ 2003 Introduction In 2002 major exhibitions such as Documenta 11 reflected the diverse nature of contemporary art: artists from a variety of cultures received widespread recognition for work ranging from installation to video to painting … Universalium
