Allegorical frescoes for the Houses of Parliament (proposals and studies)

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Allegorical frescoes for the Houses of Parliament (proposals and studies) are a series of visionary, symbol-laden designs by George Frederic Watts that reflect his ambition to express moral and national ideals through large-scale public art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series ⓘ
design proposals ⓘ
artForm fresco design ⓘ
artisticAmbition large-scale public art ⓘ
artisticCharacteristic complex allegorical programs ⓘ
monumental scale (planned) ⓘ
artisticGoal expression of moral ideals ⓘ
expression of national ideals ⓘ
associatedArtisticTheme history painting ⓘ
philosophical allegory ⓘ
associatedBuilding Houses of Parliament ⓘ
conceptualFocus visionary symbolism ⓘ
countryOfProposedLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
creator George Frederic Watts ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
culturalContext Victorian Britain ⓘ
linked to: Victorian era
currentForm design proposals ⓘ
preparatory studies ⓘ
depicts moral ideals ⓘ
national ideals ⓘ
documentationForm drawings ⓘ
painted studies ⓘ
genre allegorical art ⓘ
hasPart allegorical figure studies ⓘ
colour studies ⓘ
compositional sketches ⓘ
intendedAudience British public ⓘ
members of Parliament ⓘ
intendedFunction didactic art ⓘ
public decoration ⓘ
locationProposedFor Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mainSubject civic virtue ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
public morality ⓘ
medium fresco (proposed) ⓘ
movement British Symbolism ⓘ
linked to: British art

Victorian art ⓘ
relatedWorkByCreator George Frederic Watts’s allegorical paintings ⓘ
status unrealised project ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
visualLanguage symbol-laden imagery ⓘ

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