Editing Burrell Collection (section)

==Collection==
Containing over 9,000 objects, the Burrell contains an important collection of [[medieval art]] including [[stained glass]] and [[tapestries]], oak furniture, [[medieval weapons]] and [[armour]], [[Islamic art]], artefacts from [[ancient Egypt]] and [[Ancient China|China]], [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] works by [[Degas]] and [[Cézanne]], [[modern sculpture]] and a host of other artefacts from around the world, all collected by Burrell.<ref name="arch" /> Paintings from five centuries and artworks spanning six millennia are found in the collection.

===Chinese art===
Burrell started collecting Chinese antiques {{circa|1910}}. He acquired items from all periods of Chinese history; including [[Burial urn#Cremation urns|Neolithic burial urns]], carved jades, porcelain from the [[Tang dynasty]], bronze ritual vessels, [[earthenware]] figures, and antique furniture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carp.arts.gla.ac.uk/essay1.php?enum=1097070125 |title=CARP: From Collector To Connoisseur: Sir William Burrell and Chinese Art, 1911–57 |publisher=Carp.arts.gla.ac.uk |access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> The collection now includes one of the most significant holdings of Chinese art in the UK.<ref name="arch" />

===Islamic art===
Islamic antiques donated by Burrell to the museum include: [[Hispano-Moresque ware|Hispano-Moresque lustreware]], ceramics and carpets from Iran and the [[Mughal Empire]], as well as [[Embroidery|embroideries]] and textiles from Turkey and Uzbekistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverislamicart.org/pm_partner.php?id=Mus04;uk&type=museum&theme=ISL& |title=Discover Islamic Art – Virtual Museum |publisher=Discoverislamicart.org |access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> One highlight is The Wagner Garden Carpet from 17th century Iran as one of the most remarkable garden carpets to have survived to the present.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glasgow Museums Collections Online|url=http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=33061;type=101|access-date=27 January 2022|website=collections.glasgowmuseums.com}}</ref>

===Medieval art===
====Gothic art====
The museum has a collection of religious art from the medieval period. This includes wood and stone sculptures, wooden church furnishings and architectural fragments.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collections – Glasgow Life|url=http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/burrell-collection/the-collection/Pages/The-Collection.aspx}}</ref> One of these items is the [[Temple Pyx]]. [[File:Statue of The Thinker, 1880 CE..JPG|thumb|left|Thinker, Auguste Rodin 1880 CE|303x303px]]

====Tapestries====
The collection has over 200 tapestries and carpets.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Burrell Collection Highlights|url=https://burrellcollection.com/collection-highlights/|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Burrell}}</ref>

====Stained glass====
The museum is home to more than 700 stained glass panels from across Europe in the collection, including many examples of Gothic, Renaissance, and Romanesque styles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cannon-macinnes.co.uk/linda-cannon/ |title = Cannon {{!}} MacInnes :: Linda Cannon}}</ref> Much of the glass has [[heraldry|heraldic]] motifs.

In 2013, a project was commenced to conserve and research the museum's collection of stained glass from the [[Carmelite]] church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Germany. The 34 panels that make up the Burrell collection of Boppard windows have a combined surface area of 14 square metres.<ref>{{cite journal|title=New Conservation Project Under Way at The Burrell Collection|url=http://vidimus.org/blogs/news/new-conservation-project-underway-at-the-burrell-collection/|date=17 April 2013|journal=Vidimus|issue=68|access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref>

===French art===
The collection includes an array of French art from Realist painting to Impressionism, including works by Bonvin, Boudin, Corot, Courbet, Daubigny, Daumier, Degas, Fantin-Latour, Manet and Millet.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Burrell Collection objects and paintings in major tour to Marseilles and cities across Japan|url=https://burrellcollection.com/news/burrell-collection-objects-and-paintings-in-major-tour-to-marseilles-and-cities-across-japan/|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Burrell}}</ref>

Burrell had a particular appreciation for Degas and with more than 20 works by the artist,<ref name=":1" /> the museum now holds one of the greatest collections of Degas's works in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell {{!}} Past exhibitions {{!}} National Gallery, London|url=https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/drawn-in-colour-degas-from-the-burrell|access-date=27 January 2022|website=nationalgallery.org.uk}}</ref>