Detail View: SHIMMER: Monument to John Baskerville - Industry and Genius
|
Title:
|
Monument to John Baskerville - Industry and Genius
|
|
Creation Date:
|
1990
|
|
Dimensions:
|
1.5 m high x 1 m wide x 6.5 m long
|
|
Image Date:
|
2007
|
|
Period:
|
20th century
|
|
Location:
|
Birmingham
|
|
Country:
|
ENGLAND, UK
|
|
Material:
|
limestone - Portland , bronze
|
|
Display Creator:
|
PATTEN, David
|
|
Image ID:
|
07-2206
|
|
Description:
|
View of the monument in front of Baskerville House in Centenary Square (paving designed by JARAY). A plaque in front of the 8 pieces of stone reads: Monument to John Baskerville - Industry and Genius / Portland stone and bronze / Induistry and Genius is a monument to John Baskerville who lived / and worked here between 1748 and 1775 just a few yards from here. The standing / stones represent the letter punches which he cut to make his type, and the / word virgil was baskerville's first book, published in 1757, as a re-print of / the Roman author's poems. Industry and Genius referes to a poem of the / same title whcih first appeared in Aris's Birmingham Gazette on / 21 january 1751, with a dedication to John Baskerville. // David Patten (b.1954) / assisted by Michael P. House (b.1959)
|
|
Rights:
|
© Sheffield Hallam University
|
|
Permissions:
|
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
|
|
Photographed by:
|
Dave Ball
|
|
Creator:
|
JARAY, Tess
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Artist.
|
|
Culture Gender:
|
Female.
|
|
Nationality:
|
British.
|
|
Creator:
|
PATTEN, David
|
|
Creator Dates - Born:
|
1954
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Artist.
|
|
Culture Gender:
|
Male.
|
|
Nationality:
|
British.
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Pavements
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Urban renewal -- England -- Birmingham
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
City squares -- England -- Birmingham
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Public art -- England -- Birmingham
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Typesetting
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Baskerville, John, 1706-1775
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Monuments
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Capitals (Architecture), Ionic
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Columns
|
|
Subject Heading:
|
Architecture -- England -- Birmingham
|