Some cool visual art images:
USPS & Frist Museum – Nashville
Image by ktylerconk
This museum was next door to our hotel.
Date Constructed: 1934
Address: Nashville, Tennessee
Current Building Name: Frist Museum
Earlier Building Names: U.S. Post Office
Architect: Marr and Holman (restoration architects: Tuck Hinton, Inc.)
Builder: Unknown at this time
Current Status: In use.
Designation (if applicable): National Register of Historic Places
Visited October 2006.
Gorgeous old post office building, now restored as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
See also: www.fristcenter.org/site/about/building.aspx
Velasquez
Image by Martin Beek
The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville or Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla is a museum in Seville, Spain, a collection of mainly Spanish visual arts from medieval period to the early 20th century, including a choice selection of works from the so-called Golden Age of Sevillian painting during the 17th century, such as Murillo, Zurbarán, Francisco de Herrera the younger, and Valdés Leal.
The museum was founded in 1839, after the desamortizacion or shuttering of religious monasteries and convents, collecting works from across the city and region. Originally, the site held the convent of the Order of the Merced Calzada de la Asunción, founded by St. Peter Nolasco during the reign of King Ferdinand III of Castile. Extensive remodeling in the early 17th century was led by the architect Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera.
Frist Museum – Nashville
Image by ktylerconk
This museum was next door to our hotel.
Date Constructed: 1934
Address: Nashville, Tennessee
Current Building Name: Frist Museum
Earlier Building Names: U.S. Post Office
Architect: Marr and Holman (restoration architects: Tuck Hinton, Inc.)
Builder: Unknown at this time
Current Status: In use.
Designation (if applicable): National Register of Historic Places
Visited October 2006.
Gorgeous old post office building, now restored as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
See also: www.fristcenter.org/site/about/building.aspx