Audio guide TATE BRITAIN Tourist Guide

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INTRODUCTION

Just like the National Gallery, this collection has continued to grow thanks to bequests, donations, and acquisitions that have made various changes to the building necessary. In particular, the Clore...

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2:59

ENGLISH SCHOOL BEGINNINGS

After admiring the 19th and 20th-century sculptures exhibited in the Duveen Gallery, take some time to see the the great depictions of Henry Moore to your left.Let me start by telling you that for...

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3:00

ROMANTICISM

As I mentioned, in the 18th century landscapes became a specialization of English art, thanks also to the extended London stay of one of the best landscape painters of the century: Canaletto. Here at...

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3:11

PRE-RAPHAELITES

An important group of rooms house the works of the most famous group of 19th-century British painters, the so-called "Pre-Raphaelites". In a very characteristic expression of Victorian...

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OPHELIA MILLAIS

Now I'd like to tell you about Ophelia by John Everett Millais, which is one of the most important works you can admire in the Pre-Raphaelite section. It depicts one of Shakespeare's characters: the...

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TURNER

The section dedicated to William Turner fully justifies your visit to Tate Britain by itself. He was born in 1775 and died in the mid-1800s, and was certainly one of the most fascinating, autonomous,...

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London TATE BRITAIN

INTRODUCTION

ENGLISH SCHOOL BEGINNINGS

ROMANTICISM

PRE-RAPHAELITES

OPHELIA MILLAIS

TURNER