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| Keywords: Construction Crucifixion Homage to Mondrian Explanation.jpg Suzanne Knights my photo xmas 2006 SuzanneKn December 2006 original upload log page en wikipedia Construction+Crucifixion+Homage+to+Mondrian+Explanation jpg '1' Upload date User Bytes Dimensions Comment - nowrap 2007-01-01 18 30 58 nowrap SuzanneKn nowrap 3202733 nowrap 3072×2304 <small><nowiki>Suzanne Knights my photo xmas 2006</nowiki></small> Transcription For those unable to see the image the text is as follows WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL CONSTRUCTION CRUCIFIXION Homage to Mondrian 1966 Dame Barbara Hepworth This painted bronze sculpture is a large work by one of the 20th century's great sculptors It is a restatement of faith acknowledging in its form the influence of the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian The cross of Christ can be traced up the central stem and along the horizontal where we find the yellow disc and circle The crosses of the two thieves hang from the ends of this horizontal The yellow disc suggests the head of Christ and the circle a halo The disc suggests also the sun from before and from behind the moon symbols and facts of nature traditionally associated with the crucifixion The red white and yellow colourings form a pattern evocative of pain purity and deity Notice the dynamic balance of the whole achieved through the various parts The partial openness of the work draws the cosmos into its scope and allows us to rest within it Crucifixion | ||||
