Minerva tile relief
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Location
| Street: | Crane Street |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 |
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| Object setting: | On building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | High up on the north wall of Sussex House |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | C7 |
| 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. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Yvonne Hudson Rusbridge |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Construction period: | Possibly late 1980s |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Unknown |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A panel comprising 36 ceramic tiles with raised surfaces and sculptural elements. Stylised Minerva head in profile. Columnar body with elongated head. Plumed helmet. Her gaze tracks the flight of a departing Swift. There is a Lapwing on the floor and an Owl perched on her shoulder. Other birds depicted include Chough, Crow, Herring Gull, Curlew, Bittern, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Cormorant, Swallow. 36 tiles in oxidised colours. She holds out her left arm on which is hung one end of a separate necklace. |
| Iconographical description: | Minerva was the Roman Goddess of crafts, poetry and wisdom and is known as the inventor of music. She was also Goddess of warriors, medicine, wisdom and commerce. The Romans said that Minerva was not born in the usual way, but rather Jupiter had a horrible headache and Vulcan opened up his head and out came Minerva, fully grown, and dressed in armour, a long trailing robe, a helmet, a shield and a spear. |
| Signatures: | Bottom left hand corner:
HUDSON |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Composite, Animal |
| Object type1: | Panel |
| Subject type1: | Mythological |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
| Subject type2: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Full-length |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Panel |
| Material: | Ceramic tiles, oxidised colours, fired at 1300c |
| Height (cm): | 350 |
| Width (cm): | 90 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 01/05/2007 |
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History
| History: | The artist's son states that it is possible that the relief was created to mark the opening of the Minerva Theatre in 1989. |
| Hard archive file: | No |
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References
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Photographs
Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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