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15/08/2022

Amazing Rock Crystal Ewer at V&A Jameel Gallery

This rare ewer was carved from a single piece of the extremely hard, transparent stone known as rock crystal. On either side a bird of prey attacks an antelope. The image may have symbolised the ruler's ability to overcome his enemies. Such high-quality rock crystal vessels were made for the rulers of Cairo during the Fatimid period (969-1171).

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Categories: Islam/Containers/Africa

Materials and Techniques: Quartz Crystal/Carved

Brief Description: Rock Crystal ewer with carved decoration, Egypt (probably Cario), 1000-50

Object History: Originally thought to be a Byzantine object

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03/08/2022

The Victoria and Albert Museum, often abbreviated as the V&A, has 145 galleries presenting a collection that spans 5,000 years of art. Its permanent collection alone houses over 2.27 million objects, not to mention the always popular and critically acclaimed temporary exhibitions held there.

Its mission is to enrich people's lives by promoting enjoyment of the designed world and inspiring creativity.

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27/07/2022

YIYU Bespoke family guided tours, there is a lot of fun!!!

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25/07/2022

Explore art made in Britain with YIYU

Join YIYU Tate Britain Chinese Guided Tour, get some inspiration and have a delightful conversation around art and culture.

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04/06/2022

14/03/2022

Welcome to The Courtauld Gallery to see its much-loved collection of masterpieces ranging from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Masterpieces such as Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and the most significant collection of works by Cézanne in the UK are presented in The Courtauld Gallery’s spectacular LVMH Great Room, one of the largest spaces in Somerset House, alongside works by artists including Gauguin, Renoir, and Monet.

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14/03/2022

Come to visit The Courtauld Gallery, and see its much-loved collection of masterpieces ranging from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Masterpieces such as Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and the most significant collection of works by Cézanne in the UK are presented in The Courtauld Gallery’s spectacular LVMH Great Room, one of the largest spaces in Somerset House, alongside works by artists including Gauguin, Renoir, and Monet.

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07/03/2022

Lenore Tawney, The Queen 1962

Lenore Tawney was an American artist known for her drawings, personal collages, and sculptural assemblages, who became an influential figure in the development of fiber art.

Tawney created her large, free-hanging works using ‘open-warp’ weaving techniques. This leaves some of the warp threads uncovered, creating vertical slits. The finished work is not densely woven like a traditional textile. It is transparent and hangs away from the wall. The Queen is from a group of weavings that Tawney first exhibited at the Staten Island Museum, New York, in 1962. The weavings were named by the artist Agnes Martin, who wrote a statement for the exhibition’s leaflet.

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04/03/2022

Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1472-1553), Adam and Eve, 1526, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

Adam and Eve are depicted at the fateful moment when they disobey God and commit the first sin. The story is taken from the Bible: the Devil in the form of a serpent coiling down the branches encourages Eve to pick a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, the only tree in the Garden of Eden that God has forbidden them to touch. Having bitten the fruit, Eve hands it to Adam. Although Lucas Cranach has represented him hesitant and seemingly bewildered, Adam will soon also taste it and the couple will be banished in punishment.

Cranach and his workshop made over 50 versions of this subject. This painting is one of the largest and most beautiful. Its seductive depiction of n**e figures in a luxurious natural setting heightens the theme of temptation, central to this biblical story. However, the theme of redemption is also included. The vine, laden with grapes and spiralling up the tree, counters the serpent above. Wine is a traditional symbol of the blood shed by Christ, who will absolve humanity with his Crucifixion.

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03/03/2022

The V&A Silver Collections

The beauty, lustre and intrinsic value of silver have made it an object of admiration and aspiration for centuries. The V&A cares for over 10,000 objects in silver and gold from many parts of the world, and has more English silver and a greater range of objects than any other public collection worldwide.

The Silver Galleries set the Museum's breathtaking silver collections in their artistic, social, historical and geographical context. From a glittering English table centrepiece in silver and glass to a hearty Swedish beer tankard, from an 18th-century English baby’s rattle to a 17th-century Dutch silver-mounted coconut, there is a range of objects and styles to please every taste.

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02/03/2022

Roman Empire, The Wolfson Gallery at The British Museum

The objects in Room 70 illustrate the rise of Rome from a small town to an imperial capital that controlled the Mediterranean basin and north-western Europe and the Near East, extending from Scotland to Syria.

Objects on display come from all over the empire, reflecting both its vast scale and its diverse geographical, cultural and ethnic nature. They range from stone and metal sculptures of emperors and gods to jewellery, silverware, pottery and glass, including the famous cameo glass Portland Vase.

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01/03/2022

Babel, 2001, Cildo Meireles.

Babel 2001 is a large-scale sculptural installation that takes the form of a circular tower made from hundreds of second-hand analogue radios that the artist has stacked in layers. The radios are tuned to a multitude of different stations and are adjusted to the minimum volume at which they are audible. Nevertheless, they compete with each other and create a cacophony of low, continuous sound, resulting in inaccessible information, voices or music.

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28/02/2022

More people go to Tate Modern than watch the Arsenal.
——Melvyn Bragg

I love Tate Modern; there's such great style and shopping here. I love the galleries and the pubs out on the street, just having your pint as the sun is setting.
——Drew Barrymore

Do you know any fun quotes about Tate Modern? How about your own experience at Tate Modern? Share your comments with us!

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27/02/2022

Untitled, 1968 © Jannis Kounellis

Untitled comprises two upright wooden posts that hold four cross bars loosely wrapped with wool. Some of the wool is dyed in delicate shades of light blue. While the wool appears uncarded and untamed, it has been arranged on the cross bars in such a way as to suggest a harmonious coming together of a natural material and human work. The work is displayed leaning at an angle against a wall.

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22/02/2022

Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in space.
― Jackson Po***ck

Paul Jackson Po***ck was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.

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21/02/2022

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.
– Aaron Siskind

Don’t miss out YIYU bespoke guided tours of Tate Britain on 27th Feb at 10am. You gonna love it!

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21/02/2022

What a wonderful Sunday morning tour at Tate Modern. Thank you so much for joining Team YIYU bespoke tour! It was great to meet so many young people!

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03/02/2022

In archaeology, context is everything. Objects allow us to reconstruct the past. Taking artifacts from a temple or an ancient private house is like emptying out a time capsule.
——Sarah Parcak

Come to visit the British Museum and see the magic of archaeology!

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30/01/2022

My mother took me to the British Museum aged five. I had thought people from the past weren't as good as we were, and then I saw the Elgin marbles. Suddenly, the world seemed more complicated.

——Mary Beard

What is your experience at the British Museum, why not share with us?

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25/01/2022

A painting is worth a thousand confused art-gallery visitors.
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

Don’t be confused! Book a YIYU bespoke guided tour of London most popular galleries.
Bring a your friend with you, and enjoy your time!

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20/01/2022

Experience the feel of a Victorian exhibition, with artworks from 1840–1890 at Tate Britain

The artworks in Room 7 were made while Queen Victoria was on the throne. It displays paintings by artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They were a group of artists who disagreed with the way the Royal Academy taught art. Their paintings aim to be as realistic as possible.

There are also several works by British impressionist painters. Quick brush strokes, focusing on light and painting outside were important to these artists.

Victoria’s reign saw dramatic changes in British society. The Industrial Revolution led to machines being used in factories. This radically changed the way people lived their lives. Politics and culture, including art, were impacted by these changes.

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11/01/2022

If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers... February is for doers.
——Marc Parent

YIYU would like to invite both lovers and dreamers to come to visit one of the most popular Museums in London - V&A Museum - where we will guide you into the wonderful world of art and design.

Please join YIYU Bespoke Guided Tours of V&A, book now!

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09/01/2022

I have never had a studio, and I do not understand shutting oneself up in a room. To draw, yes; to paint, no.
———Claude Monet

Irises were among Monet’s favourite flowers, and he cultivated many different species, planting them in both his flower garden and his water garden. This is one of approximately 20 views or irises surrounding the banks of the lily pond that Monet painted around 1914–17. It is as though we are standing on the Japanese bridge and looking down at the winding path bordered by flowers.

Irises, about 1914-17

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06/01/2022

The Luck of Edenhall, 14th century, probably Syria or Egypt.

Still intact after over 600 years and a journey that took it from the Middle East to the north of England, the Luck of Edenhall is far more than just a compellingly old, and incredibly pristine, drinking glass. It carries with it a centuries-old legend recounting the power of the glass to protect the good fortune of its owner's household.

Join YIYU Bespoke Guided Tours of V&A, one of our tours guide will share the story behind it. And let’s discover more objects from Middle East and Glass collections at V&A.

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05/01/2022

The story of the Raphael Cartoons

Welcome to visit V&A The Raphael Court (Room 48a). The Raphael Cartoons are a set of seven full-scale designs for tapestry painted by Raphael (1483 – 1520), and are considered one of the greatest treasures of the Renaissance. They were commissioned in 1515 by Pope Leo X for the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and depict the lives of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The Cartoons have been on loan to the V&A from Her Majesty The Queen since 1865.

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03/01/2022

Reliquary

About 1250-1300, Belgium / Medieval & Renaissance Room 10

Reliquaries were often shaped to represent the parts of the body. This hand may have originally formed part of an arm reliquary. The relics - now lost – would have been visible through the windows in the fingers. The ring is worn almost at the fingertip, a common practice throughout the Middle ages and well into the 16th century.

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30/12/2021

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
———Paul Cezanne, The father of modern art

Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)

This large painting is one of three pictures of female bathers that Cézanne worked on during the final decade of his life. It has hung in the Gallery since the mid 1960s and conveys how Cézanne would slowly and methodically 'construct' a picture rather than simply drawing one.

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21/12/2021

The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that.
——Auguste Rodin

Comet to visit Room 21 - The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries - at Victoria and Albert Museum. Rodin paved the way for 'modern' sculpture, challenging accepted traditions in his figures, portraits, groups and conceptual works. The V&A has 24 Rodin sculptures, including 18 given by the sculptor himself in 1914.

As Rodin said ‘nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely’, join YIYU Bespoke Guided Tours at V&A, let us ensure you a nice experience in the world of art and design.

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16/12/2021

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
——Claude Monet

In 1916 Monet had a new studio built at his home in Giverny in order to work on huge canvases of his water-lily pond, each of them more than two metres high. These monumental paintings were intended to form an entire decorative scheme, and he donated 22 of them to the French state after the First World War.

Join YIYU Bespoke walking tour of the National Gallery and let one of our enthusiastic tour guides lead you to a wonderful journey.

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16/12/2021

If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.
—Lao Tzu

Join YIYU Bespoke walking tour of Victoria and Albert Museum and let’s find peaceful of mind together

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14/12/2021

The best Christmas socks you can find of the Medieval time!

The Medieval collections at V&A tell the colourful story of early European art and culture from the decline of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance (300 – about 1500). The collection is outstanding in its range and depth, bringing together treasures of sacred and secular art from around Europe.

Join YIYU Bespoke walking tour of V&A, and let’s walk through time and explore the some of the best Medieval artworks.

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14/12/2021

Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.
——James Taylor

Join YIYU Bespoke walking tour of Tate Britain and explore how Britain’s Greatest Artists Captured a New World.

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14/12/2021

This history of the V&A is a story like no other. From its early beginnings as a Museum of Manufactures in 1852, to the foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria in 1899, to today's state-of-the-art galleries, the Museum has constantly evolved in its collecting and public interpretation of art and design. Its collections span 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium, housed in one of the finest groups of Victorian and modern buildings in Britain.

Join YIYU Bespoke walking tour of Victoria and Albert Museum and let one of our best tour guides tells you the story behind V&A and its collections.

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13/12/2021

The toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') by Diego Velázquez

Mysterious, forbidden, provocative……What does 'The Rokeby Venus' mean to you?

Share your thoughts with us here.

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13/12/2021

The Medieval collections tell the colourful story of early European art and culture from the decline of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance (300 – about 1500). The collection is outstanding in its range and depth, bringing together treasures of sacred and secular art from around Europe.

Join YIYU Bespoke walking tour of V&A, and let’s walk through time and explore the some of the best Medieval artworks.

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12/12/2021

Such a beautiful scene: life drawing at V&A

Welcome to visit Victoria and Albert Museum, one of the leading museums in art and design, and hurry and get the perfect gift -YIYU V&A Guided Tour - for your best friend in time for the holidays

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12/12/2021

Whistlejacket by George Stubbs

One of the most important British paintings of the eighteenth century, Whistlejacket is probably the most well-known portrait of a horse. It is also widely acknowledged to be George Stubb’s masterpiece. The Arabian chestnut stallion had won a famous victory at York in 1759, but by 1762 had been retired from racing. He belonged to the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who commissioned Stubbs to paint a commemorative life-size portrait of his prize horse on a scale that was more appropriate for a group portrait or historical painting.

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10/12/2021

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.
——James Freeman Clarke

Opened in 1873, the Cast Courts display copies of some of the world's most significant works of art reproduced in plaster, electrotype, photography, and digital media. The cast collection is famous for including reproductions of Michelangelo's David, Trajan's Column, and Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, amongst many others.

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10/12/2021

Elegance with Perfection

The V&A has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of jewellery in the world. Over 3,000 jewels tell the story of jewellery in Europe from ancient times to the present day.

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09/12/2021

Welcome to visit the TURBINE HALL at Tate Modern, an iconic space for large-scale sculpture and site-specific installation art.

The Turbine Hall has hosted some of the world’s most memorable and acclaimed works of contemporary art. And the way artists have interpreted this vast industrial space has revolutionised public perceptions of contemporary art in the twenty-first century.

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