Cloud Roots
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2006
The obverse presents a cloud from which are stemming roots. The reverse shows a mountain supported by roots. Cloud and mountain are in slightly raised relief. This diminutive medal holds in its small boudaries a miniaturised world: on the obverse, a jungle of roots falls from a cloud, while on the reverse a mountain stems from these roots.
The two-sidedness of the medal is used to play with contrasts, as Cloud Roots reflects on the unlikely union of the incredibly light (the cloud) with the incredibly heavy (the mountain). The substancial role granted to lettering and the skillful rendering of a miniaturised world in the confined boundaries of the medal, are evocative of the work of Pisanello, the Italian Renaissance father of medallic art.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Diameter 55 mm
- Materials and techniques
- Cast bronze
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Falmouth; Falmouth
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1244860
- Museum object number
- A.2-2012
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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