Art is one of the greatest forms of expression. This kind of adage greatly explains the importance of arts in the lives of people. Contrary to the popular belief that the sole purpose of arts is only to entertain people, art is actually a medium by which people could be able to express ones self. In addition to this, art is not only a form of self-expression but it is also a way by which the situation that is happening in the society is also reflected in these work of arts. In this sense, arts as a form of expression also play an essential role in the history and heritage of groups of people and also of nations (Dewey 2005). Being the case, arts are given due importance by the different countries because it is a tangible collection of the evolution and development of their people and their nation as a whole. In relation to this, the government of most countries exerts the necessary efforts and spends a substantial amount of their resources in order to protect and preserve the works of arts of their nation. The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom clearly shows the vital part of the arts in a nation, especially its role as a representation of the situation of the society.
Historical Context
The Tate Gallery is recognized as an institution that is responsible in housing the United Kingdoms national collection of British Art, International Modern, and Contemporary Art. The Tate is actually a network of four art museums namely, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, and Tate Modern, which also have a contemporary website that is named as Tate Online. The term Tate is utilized as an operating name for the corporate body that is in-charge of the museums. The Museums and Galleries Act 1992 stipulated that Tate will act as the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (Polke et al. 2003).
In 1897, the gallery was founded and was first named as the National Gallery of British Art. However, when the role of the gallery was diversified by the inclusion of the national collection of Modern Art and the national collection of British art, it was renamed as Tate Gallery. The name Tate Gallery is after Henry Tate, the one who laid the foundations for the art collection. The Tate Gallery is situated in the present building that is occupied by Tate Britain in Millbank, London (Tate Gallery 1989).
As previously mentioned, the original Tate art gallery was referred to as the National Gallery of British Art that is located on Millbank, Pimlico, London, which is the exact place of the former Millbank Prison. In the 1820s, Sir John Leicester, Baron de Tabley was the first one who proposed the concept of a National Gallery of British Art. The idea of a national gallery took a step further through the help of Robert Vernon, who donated his collection to the National Gallery in 1847. After ten years, John Sheepshanks also gave his collection to the South Kensington Museum, which is later known as the Victoria and Albert Museum. For many years, the Victoria and Albert Museum was regarded as the National Gallery of Art, which is the same label that is given to the Tate gallery. After forty years, Sir Henry Tate, who was an important personality in the sugar business and also a major collector of Victorian art, decided to give the necessary fund in the establishment of a building that will store British Art. However, Henry Tate made a condition, he will only fund the construction of the building if the state will agree to pay for the site and the revenue costs. In addition, Henry Tate also donated to the gallery his very own collection. At first, the collection of the gallery only house modern British art, which concentrates on the works of Victorian era painters that was controlled by the National Gallery until the year 1954 (Tate Galley 1989).
The Tate Gallery further expanded its collection by adding foreign art and continuously housing more contemporary art. The expansion of the gallery started in 1915 wherein Hugh Lane gave his collection to the European Modern Art to the European country of Dublin. Nevertheless, the collection of Lane controversially went to Tate, which started the inclusion of foreign art in its collection. In the middle of the 20th century, the gallery has a dual function of showcasing the history of British art and international Modern art. Due to this, in 1954, the Tate Gallery was finally separated as a different institution from the National Gallery (Tate Gallery et al. 1955).
In the year 1988, the Tate Liverpool was opened through the aid of the outpost in the North West England. Tate Liverpool house different works from the London Tate but it also makes sure that it showcases its own temporary displays. In 1993, another museum was opened that is also under Tate Gallery, which is the Tate St Ives. The Tate St Ives shows works of modern British artists, especially those who are enrolled at St Ives School (Hickman 2000).
The establishment of the two new Tates did not significantly affect the function of the original London Tate Gallery. The size of the London Tate Gallery was becoming a constraint to the increasing collection of art works. As a result, it is only logical that the British and Modern collections are housed in separate buildings in London. Tate Britain is recognized as the national gallery for the British starting from the 1500 up to the current time and it also house some modern art of Britain. On the other hand, the Tate Modern in the Bankside Power Station that is located on the south side of the Thames. Tate Modern opened in 2000 and currently, it now showcases national collection of modern art from 1900 up to the present. During its first year, the Tate Modern was recognized as the most popular museum in the world because of its record-breaking number of visitors (Hickman 2000).
Content of the Tate Gallery
During the year 2000, the Tate Gallery was transformed in the present-day Tate, which is composed of the federation of four museums. The four museums have its respective genre of arts that it features. Tate Britain shows the collection of British art starting from 1500 up to the current day. Tate Modern in London displays the collection of British and International Modern and Contemporary Art from 1900 up to the current day. In the same manner, Tate Liverpool has the same function as the Tate Modern but it is in a smaller scale. On the other hand, Tate St. Ives showcases Modern and Contemporary Art by artist that have connections with the area (Polke et al. 2003).
Aim of the eventarts or heritage site
Similar to different art galleries the Tate Gallery also has aims and purposes. Through the years of experience and presenting classical and high quality art pieces, the gallery continuously provides people the richness of arts in the past while also providing the best modern arts available. More than this, Tate Gallery aims to promote high appreciation of arts in different levels and context. Given that Tate is not only providing artists to present their craft, it also makes people interested in arts through different kinds of media such that of the internet and magazine. Tate provides its audiences a high regard through making the gallery accessible to the people (Tate Gallery, 2010).
Moreover, this, the aims of the Tate gallery is not as simple as presenting different kinds of arts but also providing a piece of history, heritage and development for the centuries that had passed. The gallery provides the people a reliable and quality staging of how and what the society is for the past few centuries. Through this, the gallery helps the country as a state to be focused on art and societal history. Although art is only a simple form of history, the interpretation of the art is the most important aspect in the aim of the gallery. Hence, through art the gallery contributes to the society (Tate Gallery 2010).
Target Audience
The Tate Gallery had been present in the industry of arts of many years and it had attracted various types of people who are highly interested in art. Given that there are many types of arts in different parts of the world, Tate Gallery is a modern gallery which enables individuals to see innovative, classic, yet modern forms of arts from different acknowledged artists. Provided that individuals have the capability to do art, the Tate Gallery gives opportunity to well known artists as well as the blooming artists in the current world (Tate Gallery, 2010).
Thus, the gallery is open to different kinds of individuals who appreciates art or some who just wants be entertained by beautiful and meaningful art works. Moreover, through the modernity of art and the technologies that are very accessible to people, art galleries had become a hip yet educational for any individuals that who wanted colour and analysis. Therefore, educational organizations in different levels must be encouraged to be one of the main audiences of such gallery. In addition to this, art students must be active with in participating in visiting different art galleries to enhance their interests regarding art. Moreover, different techniques of art are also learned through visiting such type of galleries. Although the art gallery is open with different kinds of people, it is often through the awareness of individual wherein it could be predicted on what kinds of social classes the art gallery attracts (Leslie 2001).
Interpretation techniques
The whole gallery has different kinds of designs depending on the location of the gallery. However, the gallery as a whole presents the society in general. The different perspectives of paintings reflect on society such that of successes, events and issues which are relevant during those times. Therefore the gallery presents the societal problems and values which had made the society stronger. Through this perspective, the society remains the most important aspect for the art which had been made by artists. Looking at the perspective of artists who expresses themselves, it is what and how they see different situations that they interpret such. Through an art form, society is viewed as an important subject (Tate 2010).
Therefore through the form of arts it is known that all the various kinds of interpretations could be assumed. As a form of media, an art is a material that could influence people with the subject or the theme of the art. Through a simple visual people could see the importance of the art as well as the story behind it. Assuming that a painting with the concept of poverty is viewed by an audience, there is a great possibility that the renewal of awareness of the issues regarding poverty shall create consciousness to an individual. Therefore, paintings remain to be a reminder of what is needed to be done to improve the society. Similar to advertisements, arts are a much classic form of reminder and enlightener.
Therefore, the interpretation of the gallery as a whole relies to how different artists see various kinds of issues. Few of the themes which are often interpreted into an art form are mother and child, poverty, lavishness, politics and the likes. Moreover, different kinds of issues with regards to the society are touched by different artists in order for the people to have different perspectives regarding such themes. Through this art is able to promote certain values which are often forgotten by people.
Ideas and Concepts
In the gallery the researcher saw the importance of the concepts which are promoted by the Tate Gallery. In relation to the statements which had been discussed above, one of the main idea and concepts of Tate Gallery is to remind individuals of certain values, issues, and the likes. Through the use of different kinds of art materials certain types of identity is presented.
Reminded that the history of Tate Gallery had been present since 1800s the organization is already a staple institution of the society. Although some might see that Tate Gallery is only an art gallery, the mere presence of this institution pronounces that various calamities, and events had already stood against the hands of time. Thus, through time, many people had already passed and yet the art which had been invested in a canvas is still present. Moreover, through a canvas time is concealed and stopped. Thus, the moments during the time of the painting became frozen to share with other generations after the next. (Harper, 2000).
Further, arts present the identities of the societies in Europe or in different regions of the world. Therefore, arts are related to culture wherein people are the only ones who could predict or relate to such. Therefore, the gallery presents the identity of people through culture and paintings.
The discussion above clearly shows the vital importance of art in the life of people as well as in the history and identity of a nation. There are various ways by which an art could be interpreted but it is undeniable that it has an important function of describing the different situation and very evolution of the society. The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom exemplifies that important function of art, especially with the establishment of four different museums under the Tate Gallery, which have its respective genre of art that it showcases. In this sense, every form of art should be given importance because it has with it an important part of the history, situation, and very identity of a nation.
Historical Context
The Tate Gallery is recognized as an institution that is responsible in housing the United Kingdoms national collection of British Art, International Modern, and Contemporary Art. The Tate is actually a network of four art museums namely, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, and Tate Modern, which also have a contemporary website that is named as Tate Online. The term Tate is utilized as an operating name for the corporate body that is in-charge of the museums. The Museums and Galleries Act 1992 stipulated that Tate will act as the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (Polke et al. 2003).
In 1897, the gallery was founded and was first named as the National Gallery of British Art. However, when the role of the gallery was diversified by the inclusion of the national collection of Modern Art and the national collection of British art, it was renamed as Tate Gallery. The name Tate Gallery is after Henry Tate, the one who laid the foundations for the art collection. The Tate Gallery is situated in the present building that is occupied by Tate Britain in Millbank, London (Tate Gallery 1989).
As previously mentioned, the original Tate art gallery was referred to as the National Gallery of British Art that is located on Millbank, Pimlico, London, which is the exact place of the former Millbank Prison. In the 1820s, Sir John Leicester, Baron de Tabley was the first one who proposed the concept of a National Gallery of British Art. The idea of a national gallery took a step further through the help of Robert Vernon, who donated his collection to the National Gallery in 1847. After ten years, John Sheepshanks also gave his collection to the South Kensington Museum, which is later known as the Victoria and Albert Museum. For many years, the Victoria and Albert Museum was regarded as the National Gallery of Art, which is the same label that is given to the Tate gallery. After forty years, Sir Henry Tate, who was an important personality in the sugar business and also a major collector of Victorian art, decided to give the necessary fund in the establishment of a building that will store British Art. However, Henry Tate made a condition, he will only fund the construction of the building if the state will agree to pay for the site and the revenue costs. In addition, Henry Tate also donated to the gallery his very own collection. At first, the collection of the gallery only house modern British art, which concentrates on the works of Victorian era painters that was controlled by the National Gallery until the year 1954 (Tate Galley 1989).
The Tate Gallery further expanded its collection by adding foreign art and continuously housing more contemporary art. The expansion of the gallery started in 1915 wherein Hugh Lane gave his collection to the European Modern Art to the European country of Dublin. Nevertheless, the collection of Lane controversially went to Tate, which started the inclusion of foreign art in its collection. In the middle of the 20th century, the gallery has a dual function of showcasing the history of British art and international Modern art. Due to this, in 1954, the Tate Gallery was finally separated as a different institution from the National Gallery (Tate Gallery et al. 1955).
In the year 1988, the Tate Liverpool was opened through the aid of the outpost in the North West England. Tate Liverpool house different works from the London Tate but it also makes sure that it showcases its own temporary displays. In 1993, another museum was opened that is also under Tate Gallery, which is the Tate St Ives. The Tate St Ives shows works of modern British artists, especially those who are enrolled at St Ives School (Hickman 2000).
The establishment of the two new Tates did not significantly affect the function of the original London Tate Gallery. The size of the London Tate Gallery was becoming a constraint to the increasing collection of art works. As a result, it is only logical that the British and Modern collections are housed in separate buildings in London. Tate Britain is recognized as the national gallery for the British starting from the 1500 up to the current time and it also house some modern art of Britain. On the other hand, the Tate Modern in the Bankside Power Station that is located on the south side of the Thames. Tate Modern opened in 2000 and currently, it now showcases national collection of modern art from 1900 up to the present. During its first year, the Tate Modern was recognized as the most popular museum in the world because of its record-breaking number of visitors (Hickman 2000).
Content of the Tate Gallery
During the year 2000, the Tate Gallery was transformed in the present-day Tate, which is composed of the federation of four museums. The four museums have its respective genre of arts that it features. Tate Britain shows the collection of British art starting from 1500 up to the current day. Tate Modern in London displays the collection of British and International Modern and Contemporary Art from 1900 up to the current day. In the same manner, Tate Liverpool has the same function as the Tate Modern but it is in a smaller scale. On the other hand, Tate St. Ives showcases Modern and Contemporary Art by artist that have connections with the area (Polke et al. 2003).
Aim of the eventarts or heritage site
Similar to different art galleries the Tate Gallery also has aims and purposes. Through the years of experience and presenting classical and high quality art pieces, the gallery continuously provides people the richness of arts in the past while also providing the best modern arts available. More than this, Tate Gallery aims to promote high appreciation of arts in different levels and context. Given that Tate is not only providing artists to present their craft, it also makes people interested in arts through different kinds of media such that of the internet and magazine. Tate provides its audiences a high regard through making the gallery accessible to the people (Tate Gallery, 2010).
Moreover, this, the aims of the Tate gallery is not as simple as presenting different kinds of arts but also providing a piece of history, heritage and development for the centuries that had passed. The gallery provides the people a reliable and quality staging of how and what the society is for the past few centuries. Through this, the gallery helps the country as a state to be focused on art and societal history. Although art is only a simple form of history, the interpretation of the art is the most important aspect in the aim of the gallery. Hence, through art the gallery contributes to the society (Tate Gallery 2010).
Target Audience
The Tate Gallery had been present in the industry of arts of many years and it had attracted various types of people who are highly interested in art. Given that there are many types of arts in different parts of the world, Tate Gallery is a modern gallery which enables individuals to see innovative, classic, yet modern forms of arts from different acknowledged artists. Provided that individuals have the capability to do art, the Tate Gallery gives opportunity to well known artists as well as the blooming artists in the current world (Tate Gallery, 2010).
Thus, the gallery is open to different kinds of individuals who appreciates art or some who just wants be entertained by beautiful and meaningful art works. Moreover, through the modernity of art and the technologies that are very accessible to people, art galleries had become a hip yet educational for any individuals that who wanted colour and analysis. Therefore, educational organizations in different levels must be encouraged to be one of the main audiences of such gallery. In addition to this, art students must be active with in participating in visiting different art galleries to enhance their interests regarding art. Moreover, different techniques of art are also learned through visiting such type of galleries. Although the art gallery is open with different kinds of people, it is often through the awareness of individual wherein it could be predicted on what kinds of social classes the art gallery attracts (Leslie 2001).
Interpretation techniques
The whole gallery has different kinds of designs depending on the location of the gallery. However, the gallery as a whole presents the society in general. The different perspectives of paintings reflect on society such that of successes, events and issues which are relevant during those times. Therefore the gallery presents the societal problems and values which had made the society stronger. Through this perspective, the society remains the most important aspect for the art which had been made by artists. Looking at the perspective of artists who expresses themselves, it is what and how they see different situations that they interpret such. Through an art form, society is viewed as an important subject (Tate 2010).
Therefore through the form of arts it is known that all the various kinds of interpretations could be assumed. As a form of media, an art is a material that could influence people with the subject or the theme of the art. Through a simple visual people could see the importance of the art as well as the story behind it. Assuming that a painting with the concept of poverty is viewed by an audience, there is a great possibility that the renewal of awareness of the issues regarding poverty shall create consciousness to an individual. Therefore, paintings remain to be a reminder of what is needed to be done to improve the society. Similar to advertisements, arts are a much classic form of reminder and enlightener.
Therefore, the interpretation of the gallery as a whole relies to how different artists see various kinds of issues. Few of the themes which are often interpreted into an art form are mother and child, poverty, lavishness, politics and the likes. Moreover, different kinds of issues with regards to the society are touched by different artists in order for the people to have different perspectives regarding such themes. Through this art is able to promote certain values which are often forgotten by people.
Ideas and Concepts
In the gallery the researcher saw the importance of the concepts which are promoted by the Tate Gallery. In relation to the statements which had been discussed above, one of the main idea and concepts of Tate Gallery is to remind individuals of certain values, issues, and the likes. Through the use of different kinds of art materials certain types of identity is presented.
Reminded that the history of Tate Gallery had been present since 1800s the organization is already a staple institution of the society. Although some might see that Tate Gallery is only an art gallery, the mere presence of this institution pronounces that various calamities, and events had already stood against the hands of time. Thus, through time, many people had already passed and yet the art which had been invested in a canvas is still present. Moreover, through a canvas time is concealed and stopped. Thus, the moments during the time of the painting became frozen to share with other generations after the next. (Harper, 2000).
Further, arts present the identities of the societies in Europe or in different regions of the world. Therefore, arts are related to culture wherein people are the only ones who could predict or relate to such. Therefore, the gallery presents the identity of people through culture and paintings.
The discussion above clearly shows the vital importance of art in the life of people as well as in the history and identity of a nation. There are various ways by which an art could be interpreted but it is undeniable that it has an important function of describing the different situation and very evolution of the society. The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom exemplifies that important function of art, especially with the establishment of four different museums under the Tate Gallery, which have its respective genre of art that it showcases. In this sense, every form of art should be given importance because it has with it an important part of the history, situation, and very identity of a nation.
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