Old Photograph Pilrig Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and buildings in Pilrig, Edinburgh, Scotland. Pilrig is a suburb of Edinburgh. The name derives from a tower, peel, at the end of a field, rig. Pilrig lies midway between Leith and Edinburgh, west of Leith Walk. It is split by Pilrig Street. Along the north side of Pilrig Street lies Pilrig Park, within which is Pilrig House, the heart of the former estate of the Balfour family.



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Photograph Royal Piper Scotland

Photograph of a Royal Piper in Scotland. The position of Queen's Piper is one of the highest accolades available to a piper serving in the Armed Forces. The Piper is a member of the Royal Household whose principal duty is to play every weekday at 9.00 am for about fifteen minutes under The Queen's window when she is in residence at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse or Balmoral Castle.

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Old Photograph Moray Golf Course Lossiemouth Scotland

Old photograph of Moray Golf Course, Lossiemouth, Scotland. The old course is considered to be one of the finest links courses in Scotland. A classic links designed by Old Tom Morris from St Andrews, Fife.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Giovanni Bellini Painting Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Giovanni Bellini in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. Giovanni Bellini’s painting of the Madonna and Child. Giovanni Bellini, born 1430, died 26 November 1516, was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother in law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it towards a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His sumptuous coloring and fluent, atmospheric landscapes had a great effect on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils Giorgione and Titian.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Paul Cézanne Painting Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Paul Cézanne in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. La Maison de Zola a Medan, by Paul Cezanne, from around 1880. Paul Cézanne, born 19 January 1839, died 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne's often repetitive, exploratory brush strokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brush strokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects. Cézanne is said to have formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne " is the father of us all."

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