Artchive
I want to plug this website for no other reason than it is lovely and beautiful and I get my desktops from it. The site is Mark Harden’s Artchive and it contains very high quality reproductions of a vast selection of works by artists from Escher to Vermeer, Whistler to Caneletto. I presently have William Blake’s Ancient of Days on my work PC, and Raphael’s fresco The School of Athens on my home PC.
If you’re in London, it’s worth a trip to the National Gallery just to see Raphael’s Crucifixion with Saints Mary Virgin, Mary Magdalen, John and Jerome. I must have lost an hour the first time I saw it. It is astonishing. You could then drop into the V & A where they have his cartoons for the tapestry series depicting scenes from the lives of the Apostles. After that take a walk up the river (or along the bank for those of you struggling with the whole walking on water thing) to the Tate where they are hosting an exhibition of Turner, Whistler & Monet until 15th May. It’ll cost you £10 and you should pre-book, but it’s a very small price to pay to see so many works from three of the nineteenth century’s greatest artists.
If you’re in London, it’s worth a trip to the National Gallery just to see Raphael’s Crucifixion with Saints Mary Virgin, Mary Magdalen, John and Jerome. I must have lost an hour the first time I saw it. It is astonishing. You could then drop into the V & A where they have his cartoons for the tapestry series depicting scenes from the lives of the Apostles. After that take a walk up the river (or along the bank for those of you struggling with the whole walking on water thing) to the Tate where they are hosting an exhibition of Turner, Whistler & Monet until 15th May. It’ll cost you £10 and you should pre-book, but it’s a very small price to pay to see so many works from three of the nineteenth century’s greatest artists.
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