The Magna Brava exhibition and symposium
2001; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03087298.2001.10443443
ISSN2150-7295
Autores Tópico(s)Scottish History and National Identity
ResumoAbstract The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is a distinctive building, very much an architectural punctuation mark in the neo-classical symmetry of Edinburgh' s eighteenthcentury New Town. The top two floors of the red sandstone gothic fantasy, designed in 1890 by the prolific Edinburgh architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, house a comprehensive collection built up by gift and purchase over more than a century. It has some of the most familiar Scottish portraits in the world: Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth; Sir Walter Scott by Raeburn; Prince Charles Edward Stuart by Antonio David and works by Van Dyck and Gainsborough. Modern artists such as Avigdor Arikha, David Mach, Stephen Conroy and John Bellany also feature significantly in capturing the faces of Scots who have played eminent roles in every major area of the country's history.
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