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The building’s design looks simple but elegant, with a rectangular layout and just two stories topped with a flat balustraded roof. The south side was designed as the front facade, and features a loggia with Ionic columns on the first floor, which overlooks Greenwich Park. The open colonnades that connect the house with the annexes were built much later, in 1807, to designs by Daniel Alexander.
Henrietta Maria (1609 -
Upon developing the photos on their return home, they discovered that one photo had captured a particularly chilling image. Now considered a classic paranormal artifact, the photo seems to show a shrouded spectral figure climbing the stairs, possibly in pursuit of a second figure. It’s one of the city’s lesser-known gems, despite being home to an important art collection that features, at its pinnacle, Elizabeth I’s striking Armada portrait.
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Now, one of the most important British artists to emerge in the last 20 years, Turner- Prize winner Richard Wright has become the first artist since Gentileschi to create a permanent new work on the ceiling. Mr Hunt confirmed he had managed to organise the proxy vote and his "vote is cast". "Though I don’t want to blame this on everything it does make things challenging for me and I do my best but I do lose things and today it was my passport."
National Maritime Museum
It’s about 8 minutes from central London by rail, 20 minutes by DLR, or you can get there by boat using the Thames Clipper service. The Queen’s House was fully completed around 1636 and is considered remarkable for its break with the traditional, red-brick Tudor style of building, and for its elegant proportions and the high quality of its interiors. The Reverend had heard of the famous Tulip Stairs and, struck by their beauty, snapped a photograph. It wasn’t till much later when the couple developed the photo that they noticed the presence of a ghostly figure in its frame.
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The Incredibly Realistic Face of Queen Elizabeth I.
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The wife of Henry VI, the last king of the Lancaster dynasty, Margaret of Anjou was an important powerbroker in her own right. Born into one of the noblest and well-connected families in France, she was raised in one of the most artistically-accomplished courts in Europe. After her marriage to Henry, she used her considerable economic and political clout to support her husband and son’s claims to the English throne.
The Queen’s House became the first classical building in England since ancient times. Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the Queen’s House and Cutty Sark. Royal Museums Greenwich illustrates for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people. This unique collection of attractions, which forms a key part of the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site, welcomes over two million British and international visitors a year and is also a major centre of education and research.
Architecture
It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour[1] of Roman, Renaissance, and Palladian architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat and Burghley House, had made borrowings from the classical style, but the structure of these buildings was not informed by an understanding of classical precedents. Although it diverges from the mathematical constraints of Palladio, Jones is often credited with the introduction of Palladianism with the construction of the Queen's House.
The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.
The claim to be the first Palladian building, like that to be the first Renaissance piece of architecture in this country, is also a bit contentious as it took such a long time to build. It was little more that a series of foundations by the time Jones had already completed the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall, which was again clearly influenced by the buildings and drawings of Palladio. Technically speaking, the Tulip Stairs were the first self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain.
Wright’s work is designed specifically to occupy its position in the Queen’s House. Completed with a team of assistants over nine weeks earlier this year, his painstaking, hand-crafted design complements the techniques and crafts of the 17th-century artists and craftspeople who made the House’s original decoration. Wright’s design is not contained by the rigid symmetrical ceiling compartments but continues down the gallery walls of the Great Hall, bringing intricate fluidity to the classical interior. 9 September 2016 – When the House was built, Florentine artist Orazio Gentileschi was commissioned to create nine paintings for the Great Hall’s ceiling panels, collectively entitled Allegory of Peace and the Arts under the English Crown.
As the House re-opens, one important painting will return for the first time since the 1650s. Part of a sequence of pictures commissioned for the House by Queen Henrietta Maria and King Charles I, Orazio Gentileschi’s Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (c.1630-3) will be on loan from the Royal Collections Trust and hang in the King’s Presence Chamber. London architect and architectural educator Fiona MacDonald attended the press preview on behalf of e-architect for this wonderful refurbishment project in Southeast London. They were asked whether Rishi Sunak is happy with how the requirement for voters to show photo ID is going following reports of some people having issues - including a serviceman who wasn't allowed to use his veterans ID card (see pinned post). People whose ID has been lost, stolen or damaged can apply for an emergency proxy vote until 5pm on polling day, allowing someone else to vote on their behalf.
The Force is particularly strong with Sophy - she'll be back on Saturday, May 4th, for another edition of Politics Hub from 7pm to 9pm. Sky's election analyst Professor Michael Thrasher will help audiences visualise the impact of the results with the first digital projections of the House of Commons and national vote share. More officers were sent to the scene to "safely remove people from the road, allow the vehicles to leave, and for the road to reopen", he added.
Jones' unique architecture of the Queen's House also includes features like the Tulip Stairs, an intricate wrought iron staircase that holds itself up, and the Great Hall, a perfect cube. Group shows include his winning contribution to the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, London (2009), the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2008), and “Walk through British Art” an exhibit spanning 500 years at Tate Britain (2013). Permanent public works include commissions for two ceiling paintings at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2012) and ‘The Stairwell Project’ for the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2010). Recently he has been commissioned by Crossrail in London to make a large scale permanent public work for the new Tottenham Court Road station opening in 2018. Wright’s work is the most ambitious piece of contemporary art yet commissioned by Royal Museums Greenwich and emphasises the Queen’s House role as a centre for the display of art.
The house reopened after refurbishment of the galleries and the famous tulip stairs in time to celebrate its 400th anniversary in 2016. As part of the project Art Fund commissioned Richard Wright to create ornamental, gold leaf design sprawls across the ceiling and gallery walls of the Great Hall. The artist was inspired by the the wrought iron leaves, scrolls and flower heads that can be found on the spiral balustrade on the stairs, as well as other features from the original architecture. This 17th-century royal mansion is the first building in Classical style designed in London. Recently renovated due to its 400th anniversary, the main hall now boasts a new ceiling by Richard Wright, a Turner prize winner. The elegant house in the city of London designed in Palladian style is known as the Queen’s house.
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