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The Wake is a planned sculpture by Khaleb Brooks that will be a memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade. [1] It will be sited on West India Quay in East London and is intended to be completed in 2026. [1] Brooks's design was chosen from a shortlist of six by a panel of judges. [1]
Wake is a 2004 weathering steel sculpture by Richard Serra, installed at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington. [1] [2] [3] Arts Observer called the installation "a must-see", offering "incredibly diverse perspectives from various angles and vantage points". [4] It was the first piece installed in the park, in July 2006. [5]
Garland Roark was an American writer (July 26, 1904 – February 9, 1985) known best for his nautical/adventure fiction. His first novel Wake of the Red Witch, published 1946, was a Literary Guild selection and adapted later by Republic Pictures company as a movie featuring John Wayne.
El Velorio (Spanish for "The Wake") is an 1893 8-by-13-foot painting by Puerto Rican Impressionist painter Francisco Oller depicting a baquiné, a type of traditional wake. This painting is considered one of the most important pieces in the art history of Puerto Rico and is therefore considered a national treasure.
A restoration of Wake of the Red Witch coproduced by Paramount Pictures, The Film Foundation and Martin Scorsese premiered at New York City's Museum of Modern Art on August 9, 2018. The screening was part of the museum's program of showcasing 30 restored films from the library of Republic Pictures, curated by Scorsese. [4]
In this display of post-war US art, Voice of Fire "was given pride of place" as the centrepiece. [5] In March 1990, the National Gallery announced its purchase of the painting for $1.8 million, [ 6 ] which ignited a "firestorm" of media attention and controversy in Ottawa mostly centred on the question of whether the work was worthy of being ...
William Blake (British, 1757–1827) The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1–4), ca. 1803–1805 – Brooklyn Museum The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (National Gallery) The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea The Number of the Beast is 666
The harpies in Dante's version feed from the leaves of oak trees, which entomb suicides.At the time Canto XIII (or The Wood of Suicides) was written, suicide was considered by the Catholic Church as at least equivalent to murder and a contravention of the Commandment "Thou shalt not kill", and many theologians believed it to be an even deeper sin than murder, as it constituted a rejection of ...