Radcliffe Camera, Oxford City 195 3 #1
by Mawra Tahreem
Title
Radcliffe Camera, Oxford City 195 3 #1
Artist
Mawra Tahreem
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
In this painting I showed a architecture building Radcliffe Camera with gold leaf background. obviosly colors inspired from the architecture.The Radcliffe Camera is a building of Oxford University, England, designed by James Gibbs in neo-classical style and built in 1737–1749 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of St. Mary's Church, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The building is the earliest example in England of a circular library. It is built in three main stages externally and two stories internally, the upper one containing a gallery. The ground stage is heavily rusticated and has a series of eight pedimented projections alternating with niches. The construction used local stone from Headington and Burford, which was then ashlar faced. The dome and cupola are covered with lead. Inside, the original walls and dome were distempered but this was later removed, revealing the decorations to be carved in stone. Only the decorative work of the dome is plaster.
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October 26th, 2016
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