Line engraving on paper
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Bride
Presented by Mrs John Richmond 1922
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
astronomy
beehive
Beulah
crook
emotions, concepts and ideas
eroticism
female
fence
fertility
food and drink
fruit, grape
herdsman / herdswoman
herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess
landscape
male
man
marriage
mythical, religious, fictional
nudes
objects
path
people
places
plants and flowers
religion and belief
religious
river
salvation
sex and relationships
sheep
sinner - sheep
society
soul
soul - bride
star
symbols and personifications
townscapes / man-made features
universal concepts
universal religious imagery
valley
vine
walking
water: inland
woman
wooded
work and occupations
<p>In this pastoral scene the sun is setting and the evening star, Venus, is shining. In the distance a shepherd drives his flock home; another, guided by the star is heading for his flock. Beneath a tree loaded with a ripe vine stands a naked woman whose form and pose are inspired by a classical statue. She leads a sheep that has strayed. The words around the edge of the image tell us that the subject is the Soul as the Bride of Christ. Calvert mixes pagan and Christian imagery to show how intense love and desire leads the search for fulfillment.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print line engraving
The Bride
image: 76 × 127 mm
Presented by Mrs John Richmond 1922
<p>In this pastoral scene the sun is setting and the evening star, Venus, is shining. In the distance a shepherd drives his flock home; another, guided by the star is heading for his flock. Beneath a tree loaded with a ripe vine stands a naked woman whose <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/f/form" title="Glossary definition for 'Form'"><span>form</span></a> and pose are inspired by a <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/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> statue. She leads a sheep that has strayed. The words around the edge of the image tell us that the subject is the Soul as the Bride of Christ. Calvert mixes pagan and Christian imagery to show how intense love and desire leads the search for fulfillment.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals architecture astronomy beehive Beulah crook emotions, concepts and ideas eroticism female fence fertility food and drink fruit, grape herdsman / herdswoman herdsman / herdswoman, shepherd / shepherdess landscape male man marriage mythical, religious, fictional nudes objects path people places plants and flowers religion and belief religious river salvation sex and relationships sheep sinner - sheep society soul soul - bride star symbols and personifications townscapes / man-made features universal concepts universal religious imagery valley vine walking water: inland woman wooded work and occupations