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  • The Switch House, Tate Modern's new pyramid extension on London's Southbank.
    tate_modern-02-09-10-2016.jpg
  • The shadows of pedestrians pass-by the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-21-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A bike landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-18-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A bike landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-17-13-11-2017.jpg
  • The shadows of pedestrians pass-by the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-19-13-11-2017.jpg
  • The Switch House, Tate Modern's new pyramid extension on London's Southbank.
    tate_modern-01-09-10-2016.jpg
  • An admirer experiences the art instillation by French artist Philippe Parreno, an experience of sound and light, in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.
    tate_modern-03-06-10-2016.jpg
  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation13-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation07-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation12-10-03-2015.jpg
  • The modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster opposite 21st Century architecture. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation11-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation04-10-03-2015.jpg
  • City Hall in the modern city of London and the ancient temple Teotihuacan in Mexico. The giant ad for Mexican tourism is a riverside poster by the offices of London's mayor. The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacan extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.
    modern_civilisation05-10-03-2015.jpg
  • A visitor to Tate Modern looks out of a tall window towards the apartments opposite, whose owners object to intrusion, on the Southbank, on 14th May 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-03-14-05-2017.jpg
  • Spectators lie on the ground or look up to experience the art instillation by French artist Philippe Parreno, an experience of sound and light, in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.
    tate_modern-01-06-10-2016.jpg
  • A bike landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-16-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A bike landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-08-13-11-2017.jpg
  • outside Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-05-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A cyclist on a Santander rental bike pedals past the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-03-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A young boy on his mini scooter passes the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-23-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A young boy on his mini scooter passes the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-22-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A bike landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-06-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A bike landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-07-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A smoker walks past the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-14-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A cyclist on a Santander rental bike pedals past the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-01-13-11-2017.jpg
  • A cyclist on a Santander rental bike pedals past the Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 13th November 2017, in London, England.
    tate_modern-02-13-11-2017.jpg
  • Scaled history from the 'Splendid China' model village and modern architecture in the Shenzhen metropolis, China. With a foreground of China's history represented by a classical dynasty constructed in wood and the looming presence of the modern concrete city - the materials separated by thousands of years. We see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, a modern corporate building in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional architecture. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
    china_shenzen-21-04-1995.jpg
  • Historical monk figures in 'Splendid China' model village and modern architecture in the Shenzhen metropolis, China. This foreground is of China's history represented by a classical dynasty and the looming presence of the modern concrete city. We see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, a modern corporate building in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional architecture. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
    china_monks-21-04-1995.jpg
  • Director of Tate Modern art Gallery Sir Nick Serota during the refurbishment of the south bank power station's Turbine Hall in 1998...Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota (born 27 April 1946 is a British art curator. He was director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, before becoming director of the Tate, the United Kingdom's national gallery of modern and British art in 1988. He was awarded a knighthood in 1999. He has been the chairman of the Turner Prize jury. He was the driving force behind the creation of Tate Modern, which opened in 2000. In 2006, the Tate was censured by the Charity Commission over purchases of its trustees' work
    nick_serota_tate01-25-03-1998.jpg
  • At the base of the Monument which commemorates the Great Fire of London, a courier driver from the United States Postal Service (UPS), stands with his head in his hands as if in reaction to the conflagration behind. Above him is a giant mural, whose huge figures depict the panic and evacuation during the disaster that struck London between 2nd of  September and Wednesday, 5th September 1666. The modern man in company uniform is wearing the same brown colours as that of King Charles II and his courtier who are also reacting to the news of the city's burning timber buildings. 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities were lost in the high fanned winds. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    RB-0127.jpg
  • Walbrook Roman archeology Minerva Goddess figure and modern woman using her smartphone in the City of London. Walbrook Roman archeology Minerva Goddess figure and modern woman using her smartphone by a construction hoarding in the City of London.
    roman_woman02-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Walbrook Roman archeology Minerva Goddess figure and modern woman using her smartphone in the City of London. Walbrook Roman archeology Minerva Goddess figure and modern woman using her smartphone by a construction hoarding in the City of London.
    roman_woman04-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Abandoned neon pub sign is on the famous Marathonas Avenue near Nea Makri, the original route that the Athenian messenger Pheidippides ran in 490BC. The runner was sent to deliver word of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon. Running 240 km (150 miles) in two days to request help when the Persians landed, he then ran the 40 km (26 miles) from the battlefield Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon with the words 'We have won'. The story inspired the marathon and at the birthplace of modern sports at ancient Olympia, where for 1,000 continuous years, the ancient pagan festival of sport and debauchery were held. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered even then, as now.
    greek_olympiad008-21-10_2003.jpg
  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad001-20-10_2003.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The pictures show the Battle of Kadesh which took place around 1274 BC between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. The battle is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.
    egypt341-06-03-2016.jpg
  • A woman checks herself after sitting beneath the statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, with a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-08-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-06-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-05-10-01-2019.jpg
  • A period lamp and evening lights in modern offices in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-09-09-11-2018.jpg
  • A period lamp and evening lights in modern offices in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-08-09-11-2018.jpg
  • A period lamp and evening lights in modern offices in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-07-09-11-2018.jpg
  • A period lamp and evening lights in modern offices in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-06-09-11-2018.jpg
  • A period lamp and evening lights in modern offices in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-05-09-11-2018.jpg
  • Diners sit in a cafe overlooking rooftops of the Tate Modern art gallery, on 13th January 2017 in London, England.
    tate_landscape-01-13-01-2017.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The pictures show the Battle of Kadesh which took place around 1274 BC between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. The battle is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.
    egypt362-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt360-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt358-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Flowering Bougainvillea and modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt344-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The pictures show the Battle of Kadesh which took place around 1274 BC between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. The battle is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.
    egypt343-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Glass repetition of parked car with blue theme coloured pillars and struts on development opposite Tate Modern gallery on London's Southbank.
    lomdon_walk14-02-02-2016.jpg
  • Construction worker smokes under blue theme coloured pillars and struts on development opposite Tate Modern gallery on London's Southbank.
    lomdon_walk13-02-02-2016.jpg
  • Modern Tyrolean house architecture in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei45-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Modern Tyrolean house architecture in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei43-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Modern Tyrolean house architecture in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei42-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Modern Tyrolean house architecture in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei26-18-07-2015.jpg
  • Modern Tyrolean house architecture in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei17-17-07-2015.jpg
  • Man uses smartphone beneath modern architecture at Central Saint Giles in central London.
    saint_giles03-02-04-2015.jpg
  • Man uses smartphone beneath modern architecture at Central Saint Giles in central London.
    saint_giles02-02-04-2015.jpg
  • As traffic drives over London Bridge, a griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    city_griffin01-08-06-1997.jpg
  • Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's exibition posters over modern Italian women in Piazza Strozzi..Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa..
    florence_italy75-22-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian family and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545..Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy168-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian family and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. The poster advertises the art exhibition by the celebrated painter Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino. Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Eleonora was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while travelling to Pisa.
    florence_italy162-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian people and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545.The poster advertises the art exhibition by the celebrated painter Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino. Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545. Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Eleonora was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while travelling to Pisa.
    florence_italy154-24-10-2010.jpg
  • As traffic drives over London Bridge, a griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    RB-0007.jpg
  • A woman checks herself after sitting beneath the statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, with a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-07-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-03-10-01-2019.jpg
  • The statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-04-10-01-2019.jpg
  • A couple and the statue of British Victorian philosopher John Locke (by William Theed) and a modern sculpture by Renzo Piano, of a full-size fibreglass reproduction of a 'gerberette', one of the die-cast rocker beams that cantilever from Paris' Georges Pompidou building, on 10th January 2019, in London, England. British philosopher John Locke (1632 - 1704) whose effigies are by William Theed, also known as William Theed, the younger (1804 – 9 September 1891) an English sculptor whose services were extensively used by the Royal Family.
    new_art-02-10-01-2019.jpg
  • A period lamp and evening lights in modern offices in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 9th November 2018, in London England.
    city_evening-04-09-11-2018.jpg
  • Ceiling design at the restaurant in Tate Modern art gallery, on 13th January 2017 in London, England.
    tate_restaurant-01-13-01-2017.jpg
  • Flowering Bougainvillea and modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt361-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt359-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The pictures show the Battle of Kadesh which took place around 1274 BC between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. The battle is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.
    egypt342-06-03-2016.jpg
  • A traditionally-dressed woman walks past a poster for stylish arabic clothing in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt88-02-03-2016.jpg
  • A traditionally-dressed woman walks under a poster for stylish arabic clothing in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt87-02-03-2016.jpg
  • Glass repetition of parked car with blue theme coloured pillars and struts on development opposite Tate Modern gallery on London's Southbank.
    lomdon_walk16-02-02-2016.jpg
  • Modern Tyrolean house architecture in Leonhard-St Leonardo, a Dolomites village in south Tyrol, Italy.
    badia_abtei44-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Man uses smartphone beneath modern architecture at Central Saint Giles in central London.
    saint_giles01-02-04-2015.jpg
  • As a bus drives over London Bridge, a griffin statue marks the southern boundary between Southwark on the south side and the City of London beyond on the bridge. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    city_griffin02-08-06-1997.jpg
  • Modern Italian mother and child and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy166-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian mother and child and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy165-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian mother and child and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy164-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Modern Italian women and Agnolo de Cosimo Bronzino's painting of the Medici Eleanora of Toledo and son Giovanni C1545...Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), the daughter of Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of Naples. Her face is still familiar to many because of her solemn and distant portraits by Agnolo Bronzino. She provided the Medici with the Pitti Palace  and seven sons to ensure male succession and four daughters to connect the Medici with noble and ruling houses in Italy. She was a patron of the new Jesuit order, and her private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio  was decorated by Bronzino, who had originally arrived in Florence to provide festive decor for her wedding. She died, with her sons Giovanni and Garzia, in 1562, when she was only forty; all three of them were struck down by malaria while traveling to Pisa.
    florence_italy163-24-10-2010.jpg
  • Standing in the corner of a brightly sun-lit window, a classical reproduction bust is seen in a hotel foyer in the modern town of Olympia, the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal. Amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad002-20-10_2003.jpg
  • Beneath a mural depicting the depair of the Great Fire of London, two tourists stop to photograph a landmark. 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities were lost in the high fanned winds. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
    london_tourists01-16-06-1993.jpg
  • The flight-deck crew of a Sri Lankan Airlines A340-300 series Airbus - registration number 4R-ADE - perform a series of pre-flight checks before a scheduled departure, while on the apron at Malé international airport in the Republic of the Maldives. Featuring electronic instruments it is known as a 'glass cockpit' and using a printed checklist manual, they methodically work through dozens of complex systems that require accurate input before the aircraft is ready for take off. Flight navigation computers, fuel and engine settings and radio frequencies all need programming by the two pilots, the captain on the left and the First Officer on the right. These modern airliners have only two pilots in a modern flight-deck as technology superceeded the need for a third member, the flight-engineers of a previous era of aviation.
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  • An art student works on the floor at Tate Modern art gallery, on 13th January 2017 in London, England.
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  • A woman who is using her phone, a woman walks past Brutalist concrete architecture Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Two young black men ride their bikes past Brutalist concrete architecture Tate Modern art gallery on the Southbank, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Spectators look out over the Thames to St. Paul's Cathedral from the balcony on the third floor of Tate Modern, on 10th March 2019, in London, England.
    tate_people-02-09-03-2019.jpg
  • Textiles and language-themed sculpture entitled 'I Don't Know. The Weave of Textile Language' by American artist Richard Tuttle in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
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  • Textiles and language-themed sculpture entitled 'I Don't Know. The Weave of Textile Language' by American artist Richard Tuttle in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
    tate_tuttle01-18-01-2015.jpg
  • Damien Hirst's sculpture artwork entitled Hymn, on display outside Tate Modern on London's southbank.
    tate_modern01-27-06-2012.jpg
  • Visitors and escalator in London's Tate Modern art gallery.
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  • Fake classical Greek statues stand outside a night club in Nafplio, a former Byzantines, Frank, Venetian, and Ottoman coastal Peloponnese port town of 14,000 on the Argolic Gulf. The walls of this modern building seen near wasteland on the outskirts of town are made to look authentic but result in a false tourist style. There are three pieces of fake art that stand on well-watered grass: One of a nude Greek Goddess, a miniature lion in the middle and nearest the viewer is a naked figure of a man - muscular and classically posed as a heroic and mythical figure. Nafplio was also the first capital of independent Greece which was  destroyed in the 7th Century for its alliance with Sparta. This contemporary landscape is therefore bears no resemblance to its heritage.
    greek_olympiad010-21-10_2003.jpg
  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
    greek_olympiad005-20-10_2003.jpg
  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad003-20-10_2003.jpg
  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The .brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic...
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  • The redevelopment phase of the Turbine Hall at the former power station now known as Tate Modern art gallery, on 6th March 1998, on London's Southbank, England.
    tate_construction-06-03-1998.jpg
  • Small figures walk through the landscape outside the Tate Modern art gallery, on 13th January 2017 in London, England.
    tate_landscape-02-13-01-2017.jpg
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