Art, Culture, Literature, Theatre and Music

Whether you like the kind of art you like, you'll find it in London!! The British literature refers to literature associated with the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Definitions of 'British literature' are bound up with historical shifts of British identity. This includes literatures from England and several part of the UK. By far the largest part of British literature has been written in the English language, with English literature developing into a global phenomenon, because of its use in the former colonies of Britain.

The Literacy Rate of Great Britain is of 99%. The languages they speak are English, Welsh, and Gaelic. It is an important level because it means that people know how to read and write. Great Britain is FULL of great authors, what they write about is amazing. Some write about fantasy, politics, and even science. All of Great Britain´s authors are important because they have changed the world with their words, thoughts or fantastic places. Great Britain has many writers, here we list some of them:

• Charles Darwin- he wrote about the evolution theory.
• William Shakespeare - he wrote plays and poems like Romeo and Julie that are famous world wide.
• Charles Dickens - He told us about the life of a boy named Oliver Twist
• J.R.R. Tolkien- A fantastic writer who wrote about Hobbits and The Lord of the Rings
• Lewis Caroll- Whose wonderful story Alice in Wonderland is famous all around the world.
• J.K. Rowling- She wrote about a curious wizard named Harry Potter
  

• All of these great authors are marvelous authors that have suceeded world wide. Now their books are famous and amazing. They have changed our thoughts and points of view about the world. Great Britain has amazing authors, and we hope there are more to come.
  
  
  

  The music in Britain is influenced by the situation. The style of punk, goth, indie and indie rock music originate in Britain. In Britain there are several important compositore. Here are some of them: Thomas Tallis, John Taverner, William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Edward Elgar, Arthur Sullivan, Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The Beatles came in 1862, causing a total success. The Beatles opened the doors to the music of Britain. Here are listed famous and important groups in Britain: The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen, Iron Maide, The Police, Sting, Led Zeppelin, Blur, Depeche Mode, Spice Girls, Erasure, Duran Duran, Cream, The Clash, Pink Floyd and The Libertines. Some major contemporary artists include Freddie Mercury, Kaiser Chiefs, Artic Monkeys, Jamiroquai, Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Keane, McFly, Oasis, Radiohad, Placebo, Muse and The Coral.
  Great Britain has many artists. Joseph Mallord William Turner, Peter Blake, Francis Bacon, David Hockney and Richard Hamilton are some famous artists. One of the most popular art styles in Britain is "pop art" short to Popular art it developed a new way of understanding and looking at popular culture.
  
  The greatest artistic contributions of England have produced in the field of theater, literature and architecture. Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens are certainly prominent in the Western literary background elements. Even without a traditional equivalent in painting and sculpture, with its last conquistador, England is a treasure trove of art from all periods and from all continents. Many visitors are overwhelmed by the majesty of the houses of the aristocracy and the great collection of castles and cathedrals, while the architectural heritage of the twentieth century is characterized mainly by freeways, skyscrapers and urban development exaggerated.
  Architects like Norman Foster and Richard Rogers have created works as impressive and innovative as the Tate Modern, the Millennium Bridge and the Lloyds Building in London. Most Englishmen who profess religious beliefs belong to the Anglican Church, which became independent of Rome in the sixteenth century. Other significant Protestant churches are the Methodist, Baptist and Salvation Army. One in ten Brits be Catholic, and there are more than one million Muslims and a sizeable Hindu and Sikh population.
  The Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of the choreography by a group of dancers. Implements sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. At dances for one or two men, steps are performed around a couple of clay pipes located on the floor between the dancers. There Englishmen who claim that the beginning of the morris dance dating back to 1448, but these are open to controversy. No mention of "morris" dancing before the end of the 15 century ago, although they appear in the records of Bishops "Visitation Articles" friendly sword dances called "mumming". Furthermore, the earliest records always mention "Morys" in a court setting, and both men and women are participants in this dance.
  Well I hope everyone learned something new from my post. Have a nice day <3