A Brief History of Heroism

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A Brief History of Heroism

"A Brief History of Heroism taps this turmoil. The groups in the three ‘windows’ look first like gladiators battling it out in the blood-soaked arena. These were heroes in the Roman world, captives or criminals who fought to the death but were often eroticised in the process. Not for nothing was the emperor Marcus Aurelius’ wife. Faustina, reputed to have bathed in the blood of the gladiator to whom she was attracted."

Dr. Caroline Vout

Acrylic on paper, 150x200cm, 2009