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Apotheosis of Bucephalus at Fort DeSoto |
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48” X 36” |
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Artist Peter Stilton took this theme from an earlier ink and watercolor. In this larger painting, the horse emerges from a rich red velvet theatre curtain onto a surrealistic stage. The floor's "checkerboard" pattern with rosettes recalls the coffering of buildings like Rome's Pantheon. The single Ionic column near the palms and stylized sea suggests Greece or Rome. The red Queen Anne chairs share a beach ball. Bucephalus was Alexander's horse. When he died, Alexander named a city after him. To the left of the column, a symbol in gold appears in certain light, reminding us that "in that sign", Constantine was victorious, centuries after Alexander. |
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