Pen and ink, graphite and chalk on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
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Fight Centaurs and Lapithae
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: expressive
adults
animal / human
animals: fantastic
centaur / Cacus
classical
classical myths: creatures
classical myths: events, themes
fight of the Centaurs and Lapiths
fighting
group
groups
Homer, ‘Iliad’
Homer, ‘Odyssey’
literature and fiction
man
Ovid, ‘Metamorphoses’
people
religion and belief
<p>This battle is described in antique literature and in the marbles from the Parthenon frieze, which were sent to England by Lord Elgin in 1804. Turner's sources for this composition study were probably literary rather than sculptural, but he later inspected the marbles with enthusiasm at Lord Elgin's London house.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink graphite chalk
Fight of Centaurs and Lapithae
support: 464 × 624 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>This battle is described in antique literature and in the marbles from the Parthenon frieze, which were sent to England by Lord Elgin in 1804. Turner's sources for this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> study were probably literary rather than <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptural</span></a>, but he later inspected the marbles with enthusiasm at Lord Elgin's London house.</p>
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actions: expressive adults animal / human animals: fantastic centaur / Cacus classical classical myths: creatures classical myths: events, themes fighting fight of the Centaurs and Lapiths group groups Homer, ‘Iliad’ Homer, ‘Odyssey’ literature and fiction man Ovid, ‘Metamorphoses’ people religion and belief
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