#National Gallery of Scotland

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Forensic anthropologist Sue Black, a portrait by Ken Currie via the National Galley of Scotland.

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A boy and his dog

Sir Henry Raeburn

John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, later 8th Baronet of Monymusk, and of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, 1804 - 186

National Galleries of Scotland

c 1812

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A Visit to the National Gallery

A Visit to the National Gallery

View of Old Town, with the National Gallery on the right. Today after class I went to the National Gallery of Scotland.  It’s undergoing big-time renovation, so only a small amount of the collection was available for visitors to see.  Initially I was a little disappointed, because I was expecting to be blown away with breadth and volume, but then it occurred to me that it was kind of nice in its…

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charmedbyedinburgh

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Very spring-like day in Edinburgh.🌞

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Instagram credit: ekhnreads

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Cy Twombly, Souvenir de L'Ile des Saintes, (eight-part watercolour, pastel and gouache work on paper), 1979 [Tate, London. National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. © Cy Twombly Foundation, New York, NY, Roma, and Gaeta]

/ l'Altissimo /

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Oil Painting, 1763-1764, Scottish.

By Johann Zoffany.

Portraying Mary Oswald, the wife of entrepreneur Richard Oswald, in a blue silk dress.

The National Gallery

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Miss Minnie Ashley April (1905) by Gertrude Käsebier

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Berenice by Henri Martin, 1885

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alright i have a mild dilemna that i need advice on

on my course we have to post these weekly self-reflection things responding to the themes of the week's class and some questions about it. i posted last week's and yesterday the course convenor replied to it in a way that implies i was wrong (in my SELF reflection) and just generally misunderstands my point/takes it in bad faith. i've shown these posts to others on the course and they agree that my original post adressed the things her reply asks about and that she has misinterpreted me, in quite a "cheeky" way

my issue now is: do i reply and try to explain myself better? or is it better to just let it go?

i don't want to dig myself in deeper if she's really opposed to my viewpoint, but at the same time i do feel like i answered the questions thoroughly in the first place and the things she's accusing me of aren't fair

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These photos are actually from a couple of weeks ago, but I never got around to uploading them. The national gallery here recently finished a big renovation, opening up some new spaces downstairs to have a section dedicated to Scottish art. I especially liked the various cityscapes on Edinburgh on display; they feel like period pieces now, but were pretty contemporary when they were painted and make for an interesting little time capsule of how much the city has changed (and how much it hasn't).

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Photography of the Day - Bust of a Fate

An intriguing statue at the Scottish National Gallery … Bust of a Fate – Photo by Raffaello Palandri

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Scottish National Gallery.

If you follow my historical posts, the website for what is collectively known as The National Galleries of Scotland that consists of three galleries is my go to place for many of the images I post.

The  Collection contains over 2,300 works of art, some of it dating back to the 13th century with artists including some of the European greats like, Botticelli, Leonardo, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Vermeer,  Goya, Turner, Constable, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh and many more through to the twentieth century.

Except for special exhibitions, usually pieces on loan to the Galleries, the Galleries are free to visit, there is major refurb going on at the Galleries here at the moment, but it does not detract from what you can see inside. The Galleries are a must to see if you are visiting our Capital City.