3844 x 2657 px | 32,5 x 22,5 cm | 12,8 x 8,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2011
Altre informazioni:
Manchester Art Gallery is a publicly-owned art gallery in Manchester, England. It was formerly known as Manchester City Art Gallery. The gallery was opened in 1824 and today occupies three buildings, the oldest of which - designed by Sir Charles Barry - is Grade I listed and was originally home to the Royal Manchester Institution. The gallery was extended by Hopkins Architects in 2002 to take in the Manchester Athenaeum, designed in the Palazzo style by Barry in 1826. The gallery is free to enter and houses the civic art collection, which includes works of local and international significance. The two-storey gallery, designed by Barry, is built in rusticated ashlar to a rectangular in plan on a raised plinth. The roof is hidden by a continuous dentilled cornice and plain parapet. Its eleven-bay facade has two three-bay side ranges and a central five-bay pedimented projecting portico with six Ionic columns. Set back behind the parapet is an attic with small windows that forms a lantern above the entrance hall.
