Wonders of the GCC and their Industrialization Projects
Wonders of the GCC and their Industrialization Projects
Though many argue that the Gulf countries are newcomers to the world of industrialization, this has nit stopped them rom creating industrialization projects that even non-Arabs marvel at. Over the past few decades, there has been an explosion in museums and galleries all over the Gulf. These particular projects center--more often than not--around art, culture and the identity of the Arab and Islamic world.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1480s. [more]
The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar
Though relatively new, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar has already made a name for itself in the world of museums and galleries. This particular museum houses one of the finest collections of Islamic art in the world. It bridges the gap between the past and present by reflecting a modern interpretation of Islamic architecture in its design, something the Muslim world was well renowned for during the Golden Ages.
The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar
Though relatively new, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar has already made a name for itself in the world of museums and galleries. This particular museum houses one of the finest collections of Islamic art in the world. It bridges the gap between the past and present by reflecting a modern interpretation of Islamic architecture in its design, something the Muslim world was well renowned for during the Golden Ages.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. [more]
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
