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Arran Henderson | Dublin Decoded.
above: Francis Wheatley (1747–1801) The Dublin Volunteers in College Green, 4 November 1779, 1779–80. Oil on canvas. 175 x 323 cm. National Gallery of Ireland, NGI.125. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland
above Above; and title/ feature image: : Jan Wyck (c.1645–1700) The Battle of the Boyne, 1693 Oil on canvas. 219 x 302 cm. National Gallery of Ireland, NGI.988 Photo © National Gallery of Ireland
above: John Lavery (1856–1941) High Treason, Court of Criminal Appeal: the Trial of Sir Roger Casement, 1916, Oil on canvas. 194.5 x 302.5 cm © UK Government Art Collection
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Many thanks for that Working Holiday.
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Is it just me, or is there something funny in the perspective of the Roger Casement painting that makes the judges look larger than life?
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The perspective is probably 90% perfect -don’t forget Lavery was sitting in the Jury box when he painted this, so the Judges were the closest figures to him. But I’m also sure that- like any good artist- he subtly made them even just a bit larger, more imposing and intimidating, a “wide angle” an optical/ psychological device, used by many film director,/ photographer/ painters- to show (in size/ symbolic terms) what Casement was up against.
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That was my thought too. Made me think of the theory about medieval cows and horses being depicted as so much smaller than men to emphasize the importance of Man. If I remember rightly the problem with this theory is that medieval cows and horses really were much smaller than modern ones.
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