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12/31/2023

Join our tour, Morocco in May, May 13-23, 2024. Artandarchtours.com

03/16/2023

Now booking 2023 tours! Visit the link below for more information.

http://www.artandarchtours.com/tours-for-2023

08/30/2019

Golden Mosaics in Palermo, Monreale, and Cefalù, Sicily - Italofile

Another amazing site to explore: Sicily 29 Sept-10 Oct 2020. Artandarchtours.com

Sicily has some of the most gorgeous golden mosaics in the world. Here's where to see these UNESCO World Heritage sites in Palermo, Monreale, and Cefalù.

08/28/2019

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"Art and Architecture of Royal London" begins, of course, with "Some Royal Introductions." Curators at the National Portrait Gallery make the introductions to the figures whose interests and influence as builders, patrons, collectors will keep us entranced for 8 days: architecture, paintings, landscapes, chapels, tombs, and memorials. 29 July-7 Augusr 2020 Artandarchtours.com

We are travelers who love architecture, landscapes, and the arts and enjoy gaining an informed understanding of places of exceptional interest, wherever we find them. We specialize in small groups of congenial travelers.

08/28/2019

These are some of the figures we meet during "Art and Architecture of Royal London,"
29 July-7 August 2020.
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08/26/2019

Three great tours coming in 2020--Scotland, London, Sicily.
Registrations now underway. See Artandarchtours.com

08/25/2019

Join us for "Sicily: Crossroads of the Mediterranean" tour, 29 Sept.-10 Oct. 2020. Contact me for details at Artandarchtours.com

🇮🇹 Il Chiostro del Duomo di , patrimonio 😍. Una curiosità: sul rilievo di uno dei 114 capitelli vi è raffigurato Guglielmo II che offre il modellino del duomo alla Vergine Maria, a lei dedicato.

🇬🇧 The Cloister of the Cathedral of , a heritage site.😍
A curiosity: one of its 114 capitals depicts William II offering the Virgin Mary the model of the cathedral, which is dedicated to her.

📷 Veronica Principato

03/30/2019

Queen Charlotte had architect Robert Adam create this garden fantasy as a surprise for the 25th birthday of George III at their new home, Buckingham House, June 1665. ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ROYAL LONDON tour, Aug. 1-9. See artandarchtours.com

03/30/2019

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09/23/2018

A most satisfying "Scotch Tasting--Sampling the Best of Scotland, Aug. 11-21, 2018.

07/29/2018

The Water Gate, York House (now incorporated into Embankment Gardens, London). York House was the London residence of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham and "Favorite" of James I. By all accounts, one can take "favorite" literally.

04/26/2018

03/30/2018

The Ghost of Iraq's Lost Heritage Comes to Trafalgar Square as Michael Rakowitz Unveils His Fourth Plinth Sculpture | artnet News

The Fourth Plinth is a perennial point of discussion on the annual "Art and Architecture of Royal London," this year August 2-10. This curated tour explores some 1000 years of royal building and collecting--palaces, castles, gardens, chapels, abbey, monuments, painting, sculpture, porcelain, tapestries and more--and is limited to 20 participants. Private and privilged access to many sites. artandarchtours.com

We talk to Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz ahead of the unveiling of the new commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.

02/27/2018

Westminster Abbey » The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries to open on 11th June

Members of the Art and Architecture of Royal London tour, 2-10 August, will be among the first season's visitors to this new exhibition space high above the Abbey floor. One focus of the exhibits will be the monarchy and the Abbey where all coronations have occurred since that of William the Conqueror in 1066. See artandarchtours.com or contact me about the few remaining places in this small-group tour.

Westminster Abbey has announced that The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries will open to the public on 11th June 2018.

11/26/2017

"A Scotch Tasting"--Sampling the Best of Scotland is a 10-day tour from the Lowlands to the Highlands and concentrated visits in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Architecture, landscape, history, politics, religion--a carefully crafted Scottish experience, including a "dram" here and there--and premier seating for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on the Castle Esplanade. August 11-21, 2018. Contact us for details or visit www.artandarchtours.com

11/26/2017

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"A Scotch Tasting"--Sampling the Best of Scotland is a 10-day tour from the Lowlands to the Highlands and concentrated visits in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Architecture, landscape, history, politics, religion--a carefully crafted Scottish experience, including a "dram" here and there--and premier seating for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on the Castle Esplanade. Contact us for details or visit www.artandarchtours.com

We are travelers who love architecture, landscapes, and the arts and enjoy gaining an informed understanding of places of exceptional interest, wherever we find them. We specialize in small groups of congenial travelers.

11/20/2017

"Art and Architecture of Royal London" tour, 2-10 August 2018, explores royal building and collecting for 1000 years. Each year the series of private, small-group or otherwise privileged visits ends with HM the Queen's official residence and garden at Buckingham Palace. Contact me for details.

06/01/2017

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The rich history of mosque wall art designs
A collection of photographs pulled together by 'Decoritem' shows the rich history of mosque wall art designs. The shapes, colors, and patterns that are embedded into the architecture present beautiful spaces, both on the exterior and interior.
via: designfaves.
published by Nefeli Aggellou

05/20/2016

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05/20/2016

Mellerstain--Robert Adam in the Scottish Borders, 1780: castle crenellations on neo-classical symmetry: interior ceilings to satisfy fans of inimitable Adam neo-classical plasterwork. Views into the Cheviot Hills of England.

05/14/2016

Crow-step gable terminating in a thistle finial--now where could this be?
ROYAL SCOTS GUARD MUSEUM, Edinburgh Castle

03/19/2016

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See London this summer like very few will see it.

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03/18/2016

See London this summer like very few will see it.

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02/13/2016

Explore The Art and Architecture of Royal London, August 2-9. Watch for details or contact us!

12/29/2015

12 Amazingly Creative Examples of Environmental Art

12 Amazingly Creative Examples of Environmental Art

A new 2014 calendar, curated by Aleta Florentin of Amber Lotus Publishing, brings some of the best examples of environmental art all together in one place. This inspiring genre of art beautifully incorporates its natural surroundings in a way that's surprising and oftentimes meaningful. Whether thes…

12/22/2015

Obama Foundation names finalists to design presidential library

Obama Foundation names finalists to design presidential library

Seven stellar architectural firms — four based in New York, two in Europe and one in Chicago — were named finalists Monday for one of Chicago's, and the nation's, most sought-after design commissions: the Barack Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side.