TAS

When you first walk in to TAS there is a very calm ambience. The white walls and neat place settings are very relaxing. When you sit down and read the menu you begin to realize that there are many choices of food to eat all which seem very interesting. There is also bread and hummus for you to snack on while making your decision and waiting for your main course.

For appetizers, I enjoyed the falafel and the hummus the most. They were a good start to the meal. The hummus was very light. For my main course I ordered kalamari with a walnut sauce. The kalamari was good by itself but when mixed with the walnut sauce it was much more flavorful. I would definitely recommend that dish. Overall, TAS was a place with a great atmosphere and flavorful food. I would definitely eat there again.

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The National Gallery

The painting that I enjoyed from the National Gallery was the Arnelfini Portrait. This painting has been one of my favorites for a very long time. I really love the painting because at first you think it is something but when you look closer you realize that it is something else. When you look closely you realize that there is a mirror in the background. The mirror shows the rest of the room around the couple. In the mirror you can see a man who is said to be Van Eyck. This is a big deal because artists were not supposed to be in their paintings. Van Eyck also wrote Van Eyck was here in the painting above the mirror.

TATE MODERN

TATE MODERN

The Tate Modern was a museum that I enjoyed very much. I really enjoyed the room full of colored mirrors by Jeff Koons. I enjoyed the bright colors of each mirror. I felt that the room had a childlike simplicity because each mirror was shaped like an animal and was so bright. The room made me feel really happy.



Another piece of art that I like was Dance? by Edward Ruscha. The painting itself was so simple. The word was painted in a way so it appeared to look like a dance floor. I enjoy seeing simple paintings and this one stood out to me because it was just the word dance painted onto a white background.




Another piece of art that stood out to me was Jane by Raqib Shaw. The painting was a portrait of Jane Seymour. It stood out me at first because of the glitter that was used in the artwork. I found the painting to be humorous when I learned that Jane was a portrait of Henry VIII’s third wife. It was one of my favorites from the third level.