A lantern from Venice
This lantern was probably made for a galley belonging to the powerful maritime city-state of Venice. Ships of the V…
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'Swarm' chandelier by Zaha Hadid, 2006
The Swarm chandelier was designed by Zaha Hadid, one of the most highly regarded architects working today.…
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The Gloucester Candlestick: manufacture & decoration
The ‘Gloucester candlestick’, dating from 1104–13, belonged to the Church of St Peter in Gloucester (now Gloucester…
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Photographs by Gregory Crewdson
Gregory Crewdson reworks the American suburb into a stage-set for the inexplicable, often disturbing, events that t…
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Displaying stained glass in a museum
Stained glass can be illuminated artificially using either a conventional back lighting system or a slim profile ed…
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Celebrations of Light Flickr group
Add your photographs in celebration of light to our Flickr group.
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Photographs by Bill Henson
Bill Henson has returned consistently to the orchestration of available light, and in particular of twilight, using it to create a kind of modern mythology. The quiet melodrama of Henson's photographs, and in particular his handling of light to create a transcendent effect, suggests a contemporary reworking of the Sublime.
Photographs by Chrystel Lebas
Chrystel Lebas shot the Abyss series in forests where twilight heralds their loss, rather than creating a theatrical abundance of light and colour. Using a panoramic camera and long exposures, Lebas observes the effects of the fading light, creating images that contain an imprint of the event as it unfolds over time.
Photographic books from the V&A collection
Photographic books are almost as old as photography itself. The V&A has been collecting photographic books since 1852 and many may be seen and handled on request in both the National Art Library and the Prints and Drawings Study Room.
Conservation Department seminar report
The Victoria and Albert Museum hosted a joint meeting with the Institute of Conservation Science. Over 50 people attended the meeting, which consisted of a series of five presentations on three topics.
British watercolours 1750-1900: depicting the elements
According to the drawing master, Alexander Cozens, landscape could be codified into three categories: 'Composition', 'Objects' and 'Circumstance'. The last included the seasons, times of day, such as the setting sun, and accidents such as fog, rain or 'the intermixture of the sky, or clouds with the landscape'.
Donate to the Stained Glass Appeal
We are currently working on an exciting project to conserve and re-install the original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre. We need your help to raise £75,000 to bring these historical features back to their former glory for us all to enjoy.
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V&A Contemporary: Brilliant: Lights and Lighting
The first title in the V&A Contemporary series, this book explores the exciting new range of lighting forms, fabrics and technologies and introduces some of the most innovative designers of contemporary lighting.
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Fri 15 June 2012 10:30
DIGITAL WORKSHOP:
Friday 15 – Saturday 16 June, 10.30 – 17.00
Working with models, Anomalous Visuals will help you to understand the fundamentals of fashion photography and post production techniques such as lighting, digital workflow and retouching in Photoshop.
