| 7th Oct 2006 |
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| Joe Dawson's Shield (After Leonardo Da Vinci) |
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In his classic work "Lives of the Artists", the Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari tells of how,when a young man, Vasari Leonardo was given a shield to decorate. He decided to paint the shield with an image of a fire-breathing monster, assembling a life model out of various parts of reptiles, bats, insects, and other creatures which he had collected. When the shield was finished, its realism was such that onlookers were actually terrified by it.
When Joe Dawson read this story, he became intrigued by the challenge of painting on a shield, which is neither rectangular in shape or flat. The resulting creation is illustrated here as Joe's fascination with the poetry of Thomas Moore and the Romantic era replaces Leonardo's fascination with the natural world in pursuit of an image.
Size: 67cm c 49cm
Medium: Oil on Shield (Wood & Primed Linen)
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