Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Physical Energy
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Preferred Title:
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Physical Energy
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Image View:
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Foundry inscription
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Creator:
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George Frederick Watts (British sculptor, 1817-1904)
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Location:
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site: London, England, United Kingdom
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Location Note:
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Kensington Gardens; on axis with the Albert Memorial, northwest of the Serpentine
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GPS:
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+51.506756-0.178333
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Date:
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ca. 1870-1902 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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British
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century; Symbolist
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Work Type 1:
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equestrian statue
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Description:
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In the late 1860s Watts turned to sculpture. In 1870, a commission from Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (later 1st Duke), for a depiction of his ancestor Hugh Lupus as an equestrian hunter (completed 1884; Eaton Hall, Cheshire) inspired the equally monumental Physical Energy (cast, London, Kensington Gardens), which Watts worked on until the end of his life. The exaggerated musculature and dynamic pose of both horse and naked rider express in symbolic terms the energy Watts saw as characteristic of his age. There is another cast of the work forming the Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, and one in Harare, Zimbabwe. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Seven
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Identifier:
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6A1-WGF-PE-A11
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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