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In 2020, the Lonely Planet travel guide rated England as the second best country to visit that year, after Bhutan. [52] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage is the minister with responsibility over tourism in England, including museums, art galleries, public libraries and the National Archives. [53]
English art is the body of visual arts made in England.England has Europe's earliest and northernmost ice-age cave art. [1] Prehistoric art in England largely corresponds with art made elsewhere in contemporary Britain, but early medieval Anglo-Saxon art saw the development of a distinctly English style, [2] and English art continued thereafter to have a distinct character.
Arts in England by city (9 C) Arts in England by county (11 C) M. English music by place (45 C) P. Paintings in England (10 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 15 ...
The oldest surviving British art includes Stonehenge from around 2600 BC, and tin and gold works of art produced by the Beaker people from around 2150 BC. The La Tène style of Celtic art reached the British Isles rather late, no earlier than about 400 BC, and developed a particular "Insular Celtic" style seen in objects such as the Battersea Shield, and a number of bronze mirror-backs ...
The Old English heroic poem Beowulf is located in the British Library.. First spoken in early medieval England, the English language is the de facto official language of the UK, and is spoken monolingually by an estimated 95% of the British population.
Before England was founded in the year 927, Wessex and its surrounding areas' cultures were transformed by the invasion of the Danish King Guthrum between 865 and 878. [5] The king of Wessex, King Alfred, prevailed against King Guthrum's troops in 878 and King Guthrum was baptised and became the ruler of East Anglia. This continued the process ...
Textile arts of England (1 C, 10 P) Theatre in England (16 C, 23 P) Pages in category "Arts in England" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Public art in England (6 C, 22 P) S. English sculpture (3 C, 13 P) W. Works by George Cruikshank (3 P) Works by James Gillray (5 P) Pages in category "English art"