Los
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Los, one of the principal characters in the symbolic books of
Blake, a complex and ambiguous figure, described in the opening of
The Song of Los (1795) as ‘the Eternal Prophet’. He is usually portrayed as the antagonist of
Urizen; in his role as blacksmith he is portrayed in
The Book of Los (1795) binding Urizen in iron links forged in his glowing furnace, and in earlier poems of the cycle (and also in
The Four Zoas) he binds his own son, the rebellious
Orc. He represents the artist, and also Time; his female counterpart is
Enitharmon (Inspiration, and Space); his periods of estrangement from her spell disaster for the universe. His character changes during the evolution of Blake's mythology, and he finally becomes in
Jerusalem a great heroic force of energy, while remaining morally ambiguous.
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Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving.
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 2/1/1999; ; 459 words
; Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving by David Esterly...There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness...devoted to the work of English carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721): Geoffrey Beard...
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The Critics: Exhibitions: Whatever happened to Dutch courage? Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving V&A, SW7
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...a letter, which was written by Grinling Gibbons to a patron in 1694, is a telling...and as an artist- craftsman. Gibbons was the son of British parents...So argues David Esterly, whose Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving...
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Grinling Gibbons: aspects of his style and technique. (renowned Georgian-era sculptor/woodcarver, 1648-1721)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Grinling Gibbons was born 350 years ago to English parents...Artus Quellin I (1609-1668) to whom Gibbons may have been apprenticed, for he later...hall. At the age of nineteen, however, Gibbons moved to England, which was then relatively...
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Design: Carve his name in lime-wood At last, thanks to the passion of an American, Grinling Gibbons is being honoured with an exhibition at the V&A.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...written a number of articles about Grinling Gibbons for the Spectator, the first of which was a requiem for Gibbons's work at Hampton Court which Esterly...Esterly was to recarve so brilliantly. Grinling Gibbons is one of our greatest and...
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Contemporary design: inspired by Grinling Gibbons, self-taught carver Shane Raven is a consummate master of his limewood medium. Amicia de Moubray talks to him about his career and the unusual research he undertakes for each commission.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...given him and then filled its shell with plaster of Paris to get an understanding of its structure. Inspired by the Grinling Gibbons exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1999, Raven incorporated a couple of dead birds into a large overmantel...
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YOUNG GRINLING COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH HIS LINK TO HISTORY
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 10/13/2006; 474 words
; ...wood carver Grinling Gibbons.Mr Nixon, who owns...he heard that one of Grinling Gibbon's works would be in...I've always loved Grinling Gibbons' work, and when Sam...mind us calling him Grinling."He says he likes...
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ARTFUL CARVER.
Magazine article from: House Beautiful; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; When England's Grinling Gibbons sculpted fruit and flowers, fish...England's greatest woodcarver, Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) had never...show, Esterley wrote a catalog, Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving (Abrams...
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Showmanship of a master
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/14/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...a month or so he had introduced Grinling Gibbons not only to the King and Queen...of this exhibition, discovered Gibbons's work through a chance visit...century later (he supposedly wore Grinling Gibbons's wooden cravat for a...
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BULLISH BEGINNING LEADS TO ANGELIC PROPOSAL
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 12/13/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...in St. James' Church, crafted by Grinling Gibbons, the master woodcarver of 17th-century England. Gibbons also carved the figures on top of the...accompany it, Esterly wrote a book, "Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving." The...
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Return of the masterpiece that survived fire, flood and woodworm
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/12/1998; ; 633 words
; ...delicate and intricate work of Grinling Gibbons, probably the world's greatest...neglect and an attack of woodworm. Gibbons was commissioned by Charles II...will be the star attraction of a Grinling Gibbons exhibition at the Victoria...
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Grinling Gibbons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Grinling Gibbons 1648-1721, English wood carver and sculptor, b. Rotterdam. From...library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contain masterly carvings by Gibbons. Other works include a marble font in St. James's, Piccadilly...
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Gibbons, Grinling
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Gibbons, Grinling (1648–1721). Woodcarver...diarist John Evelyn refers to introducing Gibbons, ‘whom I had lately found...to Charles II and Christopher Wren . Gibbons's decoration appears in Windsor castle...
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Quellin (or Quellinus), Artus I (Arnoldus)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...called Arnold, son of Artus II, settled in England in about 1680. By 1684 he was working with Grinling Gibbons , and the drop in quality of Gibbons's large-scale figure work (not his forte) after Quellin's death indicates that the latter...
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Quellin, Artus I
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...called Arnold, son of Artus II, settled in England in about 1680. By 1684 he was working with Grinling Gibbons , and the drop in quality of Gibbons's large-scale figure work (not his forte) after Quellin's death indicates that the latter...
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Tilia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...bees, who produce an excellent honey where it is plentiful. The timber was formerly much used for wood-carving; Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) often used it. The young leafy shoots were once used to feed stalled cattle where herbage...
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