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A Look At The Scottish City Of Glasgow From An Art Lovers Perspective
By CruiseDirector | April 28, 2009
Glasgow is the largest, and most lively, city in Scotland with excellent shopping opportunities plus an incredible night scene. For the more artistic visitor there are numerous places to visit in Glasgow’s West End which features boutiques, tea rooms, cafés, bars, restaurants and clubs as well as some upmarket bed and breakfast in Glasgow. In the article which follows I will give details of 3 visitor attractions in Glasgow which will be of special interest to those folk who enjoy art; the Burrell Collection, the House For An Art Lover and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum:
The Burrell Collection
In 1944 the city of Glasgow recieved the Burrel Collection from Sir william Burrell, and his wife, as a gift and the collection can be found at Pollok Country Park in the south of Glasgow This beautiful collection of art works consists of more than 9 thousand items. The collection is very cosmopolitan containing some modern sculptures and even some Islamic art. Visitors can view works of art by Cezanne and Degas. Besides paintings and sculptures visitors is able to enjoy the spectacular collection of alabasters, English furniture, stained glass and tapestries. As well as all this, the Burrell Collection also displays an immensely important selection of medieval art and collections from ancient Egypt and China.
House For An Art Lover
House For An Art Lover is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Glasgow. This incredible Art Nouveau house was originally designed by Glasgow’s most famous architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh plus input from his incredibly talented wife.
Originally the design was an entry for a competition of 1901 to create plans for a ‘House for an Art Lover’, but, the entry from Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife was disqualified from the competition because of late submission. Fortunately, over 100 years later the house is located in Bellahouston Park due to the hard work of the engineer Graham Roxburgh and architect Professor Andy Macmillan. Construction began in 1989, halted for a short amount of time but resumed in nineteen ninety four thanks to a collaboration between the Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow City Council.
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
One of Scotland’s finest museums and art galleries, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery is where you will find one of the greatest civic art collections in Europe, but also it is one of Scotland’s most popular free to enter tourist attractions.
You will discover Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on Argyle Street, in the West End of Glasgow, on the banks of the River Kelvin. The gallery was built in a Spanish Baroque style following the Glaswegian tradition of using red sandstone. It was designed by Sir John W. Simpson and E.J. Milner Allen and opened for the first time in 1901. The museum’s collections originally came from the old Kelvingrove House Museum in Kelvingrove Park and the McLellan Galleries.
If you are thinking about a short vacation in the city of Glasgoiw you will discover a large amount of online hotels and guest houses offering Glasgow bed and breakfast. You will find a huge range of guest houses and hotels in Glasgow at http://www.glasgowhotelscotland.com/
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