Royal Society's Great Room for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & amp; Commerce is a reading room in London. The wall is used for the painting The Progress of Human Culture by the Irish painter James Barry. In the center of the ceiling is a large glass dome. The room has a capacity of 200 seats.
The first public performance of photos in Britain took place in the Great Room in 1952 and 1953. This led to the creation of the Royal Photographic Society James Barry painting
The Human Progress of Culture, also known as The Human Progress of Knowledge and Culture, is a work of art by James Barry, who decorates the walls of the Great Room. Barry started in 1777 and worked it seven years later. The painting of the walls was presented to various artists but was rejected by each of them. It was James Barry who, on the condition that he himself chose what he painted, ultimately performed the assignment. Barry returned to the painting for ten years and made minor changes every time. Externe link
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