Identities info 2

OOTH subject

Scene from Roman legend, dispute between rival cities Rome and Alba Longa, Livy

Age of Enlightenment/ French Revolution 1789

Questioned divine right of kings

Men OOTH

Doric order

Women OOTH

Roman arches - reliance on men

Patron of OOTH

Count d’Angiviller, King’s assistant - allegory about loyalty to state and king

Actual message of OOTH

Loyalty to state over church/ king, David later became an active supporter of French Revolution, aligned with Napoleon

GO cladding

Charcoal and granite

crystalline effect GO

Tessellated triangular glass

Cladding GO - interior

GRG - cavernous appearance

Asymmetry of central auditorium

Acoustics suited both to Western and traditional chinease opera - progressive

location of Guangzhou

Pearl River, major terminus of maritime Silk Road

Break away from (GO)

Homogeneity of Mao’s communist regime (1927-49)

Veil RS

Chador

Iranian revolution

1979

calligraphic text

Farsi poem about religious martyrdom - female, Muslim poet, breaks silence of woman in portrait

Neshat

Grew up in Iran under the Shah - progressive towards women’s rights, Catholic school in Tehran, moved to America before IR

ALP part of series

The Complete Marbles

ALP references

Elgin marbles

size of ALP

13 tonnes, 11 foot

final version carved in

Carrara, Italy

public reception ALP

Capitalises on shock factor of disability, lauded for progressive social values

Purple inflatable version

London paralympic opening ceremony

Inflatable

Venice Biennale, outside of Catholic church described as ‘out of place’

Van Eyck

Painter for Burgundian Court, Flemish primitive

Drum

Damaru - right hand, syncopates act of creation and passage of time

Blessing

Abhaya mudra - gesture of reassurance, lower right hand

ball of fire

Agni - flame of destruction, upper left hand

Demon

Apasmara - right foot stands on huddled dwarf, symbol of ignorance, emphasises enlightened state

Dictate proportions - divine physical perfection

Shilpa shastras

Period of SN

Chola

subsequent location SN

MET, NY

Polyptych GA

12 folding panels

stand GA

Predella

Closed GA

Austere, corporeal realm

upper register Closed

annunciation

Lower register closed

Life sized donor portraits

Open, vibrant

Heavenly realm, reminder of eternal salvation made possible by Christ’s martyrdom

Open upper

The Deesis - Jesus, Mary, John the Baptist

Upper outer panels, open

Adam and Eve, Christ’s sacrifice, marginalisation

Open, lower register

Adoration of the Mystic lamb and fountain of life (eternal salvation)

original location GA

St. Bravo’s Cathedral, Ghen

Patron GA

Joos Vijd, Burgomeister of Ghent

Updated TC

Medieval patient Christ

style TC

Neo-romantic - sombre subject, visceral, stylised forms

patron

Walter Hussey, vicar of St Matthew’s church Northampton

WH originally requested

Agony in the Garden