La Cathedrale Engloutie III
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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, on the wall of the Hospital Chapel, facing the door |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| Previous location: | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester |
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Makers
| Name : | Patrick Reyntiens O.B.E. |
| Role: | Artist |
| Qualify: | and |
| Name : | Ceri Richards |
| Role: | Artist |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | The piece is on loan from Pallant House Gallery |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | An abstract religious composition in stained glass, backlit and affixed to the wall. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Religious, Abstract |
| Object type1: | Panel |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Panel |
| Material: | Stained glass |
| Height (cm): | 136 |
| Width (cm): | 80 |
| Depth (cm): | 20 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
| History: | La Cathédral Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) is a prelude written by the French composer Claude Debussy for solo piano. It was published in 1910 as the tenth prelude in Debussy’s first of two volumes of twelve piano preludes each. It is a characteristic work of Debussy in its form, harmony, and content. The piece is based on an ancient Breton myth in which a cathedral, which is submerged underwater off the coast of the Island of Ys, rises up from the sea on certain mornings. Sounds can be heard of priests chanting, bells chiming, and the organ playing, from across the sea.
(Wikipedia) The painter Ceri Richards often took inspiration for his work from poetry and music. Between 1957 and 1962 he produced a series of abstract paintings that were a direct response to the Debussy piece. |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | |
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