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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ian Howard RSA, Amphitheatrum, 2018

Ian Howard RSA

Amphitheatrum, 2018
Mixed media on wood
140 x 100 cm
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This painting features an image of the anatomy theatre at Leiden University, Holland. The theatre now only exists in the form of a museum reconstruction. The amphitheatre is overlaid with...
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This painting features an image of the anatomy theatre at Leiden University, Holland. The theatre now only exists in the form of a museum reconstruction.
The amphitheatre is overlaid with medieval images associated with death and the apocalypse. Death is represented by the mask of the plague doctor. The additional cast of eccentric creatures and characters circle the anarchic scene taking place in the glass dome at the centre. The whole scene depicts a world in chaos with the natural order reversed.
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