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What is the history of Kennigrove Art Museum in Glasgow?

anyone can give a brief history of this building? when was it built? who designed what? has always been just a museum? How much is the entrance? made the same architectural design that many of the same buildings in Glasgow? were all built at the same time? What about those of a similar model in Edinburgh? if so, when? Thanks for your answers! Thanks for your answers!

Its the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. The construction of Kelvingrove was funded in part by the proceeds of the 1888 International Exhibition held in Kelvingrove Park. Gallery was designed by Sir John W. Simpson and EJ Milner Allen and opened in 1901. It is built in a Spanish Baroque style and continues the tradition of the use Glasgow of red sandstone. Although intended as a permanent building, was designed as a main building of another International Exhibition in the Park in 1901. This explains why the building appears to be built 'upside down'. Today most visitors enter through the main street, Argyle Street – the "back" building.

Riedel Sommeliers Burgundy Grand Cru, Single Stem $105.90 Handmade of mouth-blown full lead crystal, this wine glass is from Riedel’s top-of-the-line Sommeliers collection and is for those who take their wine seriously. Visually impressive, this gigantic glass is on permanent display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art for its innovative design, which was developed in 1958. The glass is specifically shaped to highlight the fruit in certain red wines…

Jason Monet’s Waterlilies Placemats – Set of 4 (Large) $42.95 Attractive top quality placemats by Jason of New Zealand. The hardboard and cork is sourced from renewable resources. The edges are heat sealed, the surface is smooth and the cork backing will protect your table. Just wipe clean with a damp cloth….

Museum of Modern Art Stainless Steel Ramen Spoon/Fork $17.95 You can see the possibilities as beautiful design is all about function….

The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum $19.99 The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivalled examples of classical Greek art that have inspired sculptors, artists, poets and writers since their creation in the 5th century BC. This book serves as a superb visual introduction to these magnificent sculptures. The book showcases a series of specially taken new photographs of the different sculptural elements: pediments, metopes and frieze. It captures the vitality of the sculptures in a group, an individual sculpture or an exquisite eye-catching detail, such as the mane of a horse, a human foot, the swish of drapery or a youthful head bowed in thought. An introduction sets the sculptures in their cultural and art-historical context. A brief account of the Parthenon’s history is followed by a discussion of the sculptures as architecture and an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of Ancient Athens.

The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt $16.99 A fully revised and updated edition of the British Museum’s authoritative guide to the civilization of the pharaohs. This thoughtful and highly readable book covers every aspect of the culture, from early prehistory, through the three millennia of pharaonic history, to the years of late Roman antiquity when Christianity replaced the Ancient Egyptian religion and the hieroglyphic script died out. The expert authors draw on the most recent discoveries and research, as well as the vast Egyptian collections of the British Museum, to illustrate the many facets of this magnificent ancient kingdom. Individual sections are devoted to the natural setting of the Nile valley; the social and economic life of its inhabitants, with an historical outline; the religious beliefs presented in ancient art and texts; the funerary practices of the Ancient Egyptians and their distinctive art and architecture.

Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure $14.99 Manga is a Japanese comic book art form that has become an international phenomenon in recent years. In this new and unique series of episodes, leading Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu engages with history through one of his most popular characters, Professor Munakata.Professor Tadakusu Munakata is a fictional ethnologist who unravels the mysteries of Japan’s past. Since his creation in 1995, the professor’s popularity has escalated and today millions of readers in Japan eagerly follow his adventures in the bi-weekly manga magazine Big Comic (published by Shogakukan in Japan).In this new compilation of ten episodes, we follow Professor Munakata on an exciting adventure when he becomes embroiled in a mysterious criminal plot at the British Museum. Worked in elegant black-and-white graphics, the episodes see the black-cloaked professor encountering mystical challenges and making deductions about some of the Museum’s most iconic objects.The author Hoshino Yukinobu is Japan’s leading manga artist. Creator of the extremely popular series Professor Munakata’s Case Records (serialised in Big Comic, Shogakukan, since 2004), Hoshino has also created a science-fiction series, 2001 Nights, serialised in Japan (Monthly Super Action, from 1984) and America (by Viz). Read more about this exciting title on

-10 Jewish Calendar Desk Calendar $4.02 This beautiful calendar features work from the internationally renowned collection of the Jewish Museum, New York. It includes full-color illustrations of Judaic ceremonial masterpieces along with selections from the museum’’s renowned fine art collection. This calendar spans a full 16 months from September 2010 through December 2011.

1 2 3 $12.95 Created in deceptively simple paper cuts, this is a counting book with a difference: each image is not only an introduction to numerals but also to the shapes and colors of modern art. Small children, and those with an interest in modern art, will find much to enjoy in this gorgeous picture book. Tom Slaughter’’s vibrant prints are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. This, his first children’’s book, was inspired by the paper cuts of Matisse, Dick Bruna, the art of his late brother-in-law – the renowned fabric artist, Tim Jocelyn – as well as the work of his wife, Marthe Jocelyn, creator of Hannah and the Seven Dresses and Hannah’’s Collections.

1 2 3 $7.95 Created in deceptively simple paper cuts, this is a counting book with a difference: each image is not only an introduction to numerals but also to the shapes and colors of modern art. Small children, and those with an interest in modern art, will find much to enjoy in this gorgeous picture book. Tom Slaughter’’s vibrant prints are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. This, his first children’’s book, was inspired by the paper cuts of Matisse, Dick Bruna, the art of his late brother-in-law – the renowned fabric artist, Tim Jocelyn – as well as the work of his wife, Marthe Jocelyn, creator of Hannah and the Seven Dresses and Hannah’’s Collections.