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Baroque style can also be applied to music. Try listening to any work by Handel or Bach and listen for the same complex curves and shapes.
This
beautiful building now houses an extremely impressive art collection of
19th and 20th century British artists.
The Transcultural Gallery has a permament collection of modern South Asian
art which includes a portrait of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
The
museum has paintings by David Hockney, a world famous Bradford born artist.
The largest collections of his works can be found at the nearby Salt’s
Mill complex.
Other paintings in the collections at Cartwright include works by John Singer Sargant, John Collier, Ford Madox Brown, Salima Hashmi, Balraj Khanna and Anish Kapoor.
See if you can find out more about these artists.
Cartwright Hall is situated in Lister Park (also known as Manningham Park). Lister Park boasts a variety of features including botanical gardens, a boating lake, and the Mughal Water Garden.
The Bradford
Mughal Garden was built using local materials and familiar plants that
suit Bradford’s climate and was designed to reflect the cultural
diversity of the area.
More Web Sites
Photos
of Lister Park -
http://www.city-of-bradford.com/lister-park-views.html
British Artists -
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/British.html
http://www.bradfordmuseums.org
