Well we are leaving London for Prague today. It's been amazing meeting with the Quays and making our way through the city. In addition to visiting with Timothy and Stephen, I was able to check out some great collections at the Tate Modern and the National Gallery. It was quite incredible to view the marks and surfaces of the Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist by da Vinci from only a foot away. Here's the National Gallery's link to that work if you're curious:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng6337

In addition to viewing seminal works by Caravaggio, Rubens, El Greco, da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Joseph Mallord William Turner, the National Gallery had a small exhibition by contemporary artist Alison Watt entitled "Phantom". All my VA I (soon to be VA II) students should view her work at:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/alisonwatt/default.htm

You'll have a new appreciation for your abstracted drapery compositions from last term. Well, I have to pack for Prague. Here are a few additional images from the past two days in London.

the Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge

the Millennium Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral from inside the Tate Modern

the Millennium Bridge from outside the Tate Modern



the National Gallery



an interesting image while strolling throughout London



an interesting image while strolling throughout London



an interesting image while strolling throughout London