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COLLIER, John
PRIESTESS OF DELPHI |
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BM C1 - Bookmark |
| Description: |
Originally a shrine of the earth-goddess and the most famous of all oracles.
'The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi' was thought to be located at the centre of
known world, and served as one of the few unifying elements for the
fragmented Hellenic community.
The priestess sat symbolically,
at the centre of the world, in the sunken area at the end of the temple
interior, on a tripod chair over cracks in the earths crust which
emitted sulphur fumes and enhanced her state of trance. She was
considered the mouthpiece of the Olympian gods and spent one month each
year accepting visitors and answering their questions. The rich and
powerful throughout Greece and the Mediterranean world came to her for
advice, leaving valuable treasures as payment for words of wisdom,
advice and prophesy from the priestess.
Hon. John Collier (1850-1934) was born in London, the second son of
(Judge) Sir Robert Collier (later 1st Lord Monkswell). He enjoyed an
aristocratic upbringing, was educated at Heidelberg, studied art under
Poynter at the Slade School, with J. P. Laurens in Paris, and also in
Munich. He was further encouraged by Alma Tadema and Millais. He became
a popular painter of portraits to the upper classes and specialised in
dramatic subject paintings and occasional landscapes. |
| Unit Measurement: |
1 |
| Artist: |
COLLIER, John |
| Paper Size: |
22.2 x 5.6 |
| Image Size: |
22.2 x 5.6 |
| Catalog Page Number: |
47 |
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