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James Thornhill’s ‘The Glorication of William and Mary’
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- Title: James Thornhill’s ‘The Glorication of William and Mary’: A Newtonian Spatial Allegory
- Author(s): Ann Stewart Balakier, James Balakier
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: New Directions in the Humanities
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
- Keywords: James Thornhill, The Glorification of William and Mary, Lower Painted Hall, Greenwich Naval Hospital, Sir Isaac Newton, Baroque ceiling paintings
- Volume: 3
- Issue: 4
- Date: July 31, 2006
- ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i04/41651
- Citation: Balakier, Ann Stewart, and James Balakier. 2006. "James Thornhill’s ‘The Glorication of William and Mary’: A Newtonian Spatial Allegory." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 3 (4): 140-161. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i04/41651.
- Extent: 22 pages
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Abstract
The paper is an extended analysis of the effects of Newtonianism on James Thornhill's aesthetics as expressed in his allegorical ceiling painting "Glorification of William and Mary" at Greenwich Hospital.
