England, who was responsible for compiling the Ninety-one Cataloging Rules, based on the rules which he had created with his assistants in 1839, and for the construction of a new library building with the world famous Round Reading Room at the British Museum Library. Panizzi felt that a large catalog needed a consistent manner in which to serve the reader. “The larger the library is, the more you must distinguish the books from each other, and consequently the more fully and more accurately you must
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The British Museum As the renown of ancient Greek and Roman societies exploded in Europe in the eighteenth century, the western elite developed a strong admiration for the accomplishments of the classical era, most evidently grace and purity of classical architecture. More and more new buildings were built in the style of the old, and a neoclassical revival was born. Many of Europe’s greatest buildings hail from this period; London in particular is brimming with impressive neoclassical architecture
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organized tourism program of the Peranakan Museum as a participant and be able to create critical consciousness as well as to use chosen concepts and theories to evaluate the helpfulness of the tour guide after the visit. The Peranakan Museum installed in the previous Tao Nan Chinese School (constructed in 1912) sightsees the culture of Peranakan societies in Southeast Asia. The best and most inclusive assortments of Peranakan objects are owned by the museum. Peranakans’ distinctive visual arts and
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This piece of work by Erik Jones is called ‘Detail of Eve’, Erik looked very seriously at the way in which he could portray mental issues and try to promote awareness of them within his artwork, without having to use words. Erik uses subtle light tones, against harsh, shocking red for the eyes and dark red for the lips. Erik Jones uses colouring pencils as a background base colour before painting over the top of it with acrylic or ink, colouring pencils are transparent which is hugely important.
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to have them. The second reason is that if the Marbles were to be returned to Athens, than they would be taken care of much better, and damaged much less. The fact and the matter is that the Marbles have suffered considerable damage in the British Museum. If they were to be returned to Athens, then they would be looken after more suitably, and therefore kept in much better condition. The third reason is quite self-explanatory. The reason they belong in Athens is because they are Greecer’s elgin marbles
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THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE PRESENTED TO PROFESSOR LEE CASTILLO FOR BIBL 471 – B03 BY REV. JOSEPH T. WHITAKER, III LU23755920 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LYNCHBURG, VA JUNE 21, 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUN
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Comparative Work & Bibliographic References/Resources My artwork is a funerary relief with portraits of the Gessii. The artwork dates back between 50-20 B.C. from Rome, Italy. I did some research to find another piece similar to the portraits of the Gessii and I found another funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and Antistia Plutia. The two artworks are very similar. The funerary relief with portraits of the Gessii portrays Publius Gessius at the center, Fausta Gessia at the left
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The State Hermitage (Russian: Госуда́рственный Эрмита́ж; IPA: [gəsʊˈdarstvʲɪnɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ], Gosudarstvenny Ermitazh) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest[2][3] and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise over three million items,[4] including the largest collection of paintings in the world. The collections
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Listening Skills Before you listen – understand the table The idea is that before each listening task, you should spend the 30 seconds to try and do all of these things: 1.  understand what you are going to listen to 2. understand how the table is organised 3. predict what type of answers you might want You should note that there are different ideas here. You don’t just want to try and predict the answer; you also want to make sure you have a good idea about what the listening is going
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view) The Winter Palace (inner view) The Winter Palace (view from the Neva river) The Winter Palace (view from the Neva river) The State Hermitage, the largest museum in Russia, is located in the center of St. Petersburg, on the Neva River. To be specific, it’s right on the Palace Square, which is named like this because of the museum. It’s the heart of historic St. Petersburg. Most of the main city events, like fireworks and New Year celebrations, take place on this square. More than three million
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