gallery architecture
Introduction
A gallery is a long room used to connect other areas of the building and to walk through and display works of art.
In all palaces there are generally galleries that serve these purposes as well as accessory rooms to large halls and in these, as in many other cases, they are decorated with great splendor and even luxury furniture is placed in them. The panels covered with silk upholstery, gold and silver embroidery and also covered with tapestries representing characters and original paintings of various sizes.
The word gallery as an exhibition of works of art comes from the collections of paintings belonging to sovereigns, princes and even individuals, which were exhibited in the galleries of their palaces. Among the first to obtain this name are:.
Other destinations
Not only are art objects exhibited in the galleries, but there are also galleries dedicated to some scientific, historical, and/or documentary aspect, and numerous examples can be cited in this regard:
The content of this article incorporates material from the Hispano-American Encyclopedic Dictionary of the year 1898, which is in the public domain.