Room 8: Faiths & Empires 300–1250
The William and Eileen Ruddock Gallery
This gallery explores how Christian art forms developed within the later Roman Empire. Early medieval rulers, such as Charlemagne, looked back to the forms and values of Roman art. It also shows how from about the year 1000, the increasingly powerful Christian church found a visual expression in the magnificent stone churches and abbeys that dominated the landscape.
Room 8 is on Level 1 of the V&A South Kensington.
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British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas
Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas presents the traditional jewellery of the region in all its splendour and the fascinating stories of trade, conquest, faith and fortune that lie behind it.
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Fri 01 October 2010–Fri 13 July 2012
PERFORMANCE: Free concerts by musicians from the Royal College of Music are performed on selected Friday evenings in the beautiful setting of the Norfolk House Music Room, from 18.30 – 19.30.
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