The Victoria & Albert Museum was full of many treats past the Alexander McQueen exhibit. For one, the poppies that were installed at the Tower of London were displayed. It shows the use of additions to architecture and how they can be used for greater symbols. By taking iconic buildings like the Tower of London and adding the red poppies that are used to symbolize the loss of lives in World War I, it created an absolutely stunning image.
In addition, in a moment of rather intense nerdiness, I found a small model of the gateway that leads to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu's Mausoleum in Japan. Considering the fact that the Sengoku era and the following Tokugawa era are odd historic specialties of mine, I was very excited to see a little piece of it in the V&A. Given the difference in architecture, it was striking compared to the rest of the very Western models that were displayed in the Architecture corridor of the museum.
The Victoria & Albert Museum was full of many treats past the Alexander McQueen exhibit. For one, the poppies that were installed at the Tower of London were displayed. It shows the use of additions to architecture and how they can be used for greater symbols. By taking iconic buildings like the Tower of London and adding the red poppies that are used to symbolize the loss of lives in World War I, it created an absolutely stunning image.
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