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Untitled theater set design, sunburst over trees


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Untitled theater set design, sunburst over trees

ca. 1925
20th century
276 x 228 mm

Prentiss H. Taylor,  American, (1907–1991)

Object Type: Drawing
Medium and Support: Gouache on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Roderick Quiroz
Accession Number: 2002.22.7.2
Current Location: Lauinger Library : 5 - Fifth floor : BFCSC : Stacks

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  • cloud bands - A running ornament consisting of a sinuous stylization of a cloud, common in Chinese art and in Oriental rugs.
  • cloud pattern
  • sunbursts - Generally, a stylized sun motif showing the rays of the sun shooting out from or surrounding it. Specifically in America, it refers to a lunette with conventionalized sun rays, typically found on 18th-century American furniture. In British heraldry, it refers to a device of sun's rays appearing from behind a cloud; this was used as a badge by the English kings Edward III and Richard II.
  • sunlight - Use with reference to the direct light of the sun; for the light of day in general, use "daylight."
  • trees

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