London 2000
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London 2000
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Big Ben
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London Eye
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I visited London for the first time in November of 2000. It was
my first
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On the other side of the Thames to the north is the the Millennium
Ferris wheel, "The London Eye." This picture was taken
from half way across the Westminster Bridge. I turned back and
headed south to see the art collection at The Tate Britain.
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Tate Britain
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This is a picture of the original "Tate Gallery." Renamed
"The Tate Britain" in March of 2000, the name change was needed
to distinguish it from it's new counterpart, The Tate Modern, a major new
art museum recently opened in a renovated power plant in Southwark in
Spring 2000. The Tate Britain shows work in the Tate collection from
the sixteenth century to the present day and is home of the Clore
Galleries... large rooms filled with the work of English master landscape
painter, J. M. W. Turner. (b. 1775-d.1851) English Artists,
William Blake, Constable, Spencer, Bacon, Hockney also represented .
The Tate Modern displays the Tate collection of international modern art
from 1900 onwards. Both museums break from tradition and present
works thematically rather than chronologically. Click here to visit The Tate Modern
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