Bristol - Exploration Sculpture
Exploration, on Redcliff Quay, is the product of three artists. It was commissioned in 1991 by Standard Life Assurance.
James Blunt made the Armillary Sphere. The rings symbolise the Horizon, Meridians, Arctic/Antarctic Circles, Equator and Tropics. The broad Ecliptic ring depicts the passage of the sun according to the seasons and the hemisphere.
Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings made the terracotta panels of the obelisk. Here are representations of sea monsters, fishes and serpents from the unknown deep, some based on pictures found in ancient bestiaries.
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In the background you can see the Medieval tower of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol.
Bristol - Exploration Sculpture
Exploration, on Redcliff Quay, is the product of three artists. It was commissioned in 1991 by Standard Life Assurance.
James Blunt made the Armillary Sphere. The rings symbolise the Horizon, Meridians, Arctic/Antarctic Circles, Equator and Tropics. The broad Ecliptic ring depicts the passage of the sun according to the seasons and the hemisphere.
Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings made the terracotta panels of the obelisk. Here are representations of sea monsters, fishes and serpents from the unknown deep, some based on pictures found in ancient bestiaries.
www.about-bristol.co.uk/sta-05.asp
In the background you can see the Medieval tower of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol.