YLEM TRANSFORMED: AN ALLEGORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Artist
ALLEN BISHOP
(1953 -)
Date1984
CountryUtah, USA
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 221 x 170.5 cm (87 x 67 1/8")
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art
Terms
Object number8900058A0
DescriptionFirst of five panels. Brilliantly colored geometric shapes break up the space of this canvas into rectangles, triangles and spheres. A large triangle (apex up),which is further divided horizontally in gradations of blue, is against a field. "Nereod", "Neptune", and "Triton" written by each plaent in the UC. Below the words in white is written "The earth rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and th earth giveth her light by night and the s" (continued on next panel).On View
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