The Grand Tour
- 1.30 - 2.30 pm
- 3.30 - 4.30 pm
Tickets
| Members: | £20 |
This is a Members' exclusive event.
Please meet in the Sainsbury Wing Foyer to collect your headsets and meet your host for the guided walking tour.
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Majestic domed ceilings, opulent marble pillars, aisles divided by columns of pietra serena: the architecture of our National Gallery is in itself an evocation of the Grand Tour and an invitation to follow in the footsteps of the young aristocrats who travelled to the Continent to perfect their aesthetic education, have a jolly good time, and buy some art!
This tour explores the fascination for the antique, the Renaissance, the landscapes admired and the treasures brought back from the Grand Tour.
Your host
Sarah Ciacci has an MA in late 19th-century French painting and 20th-century abstract art from University College, London. Qualifying as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London in 2008, Ciacci has been a National Gallery guide ever since.
Ciacci runs tours for My Kids, taught Art History for a decade at Richmond University, and is a Gallery Educator and an Accredited Lecturer for the Arts Society.