Plaster Plaques: Seasons of Life Ian Pritchard beginning studies in his native

beginning studies in his native Los Angeles with Susanne Shapiro

Translated by Olena Bormashenko

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These instruments were popular in the pastoralism craze that began in the French court of Louis XIV

Plaster Plaques: Seasons of Life Ian Pritchard beginning studies in his nativeBertel Thorvaldsen's Ages of Man plaques are based on an interpretation of the poem 'The Four Ages of Man' written by Anne Bradstreet (1612 1672). Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 1844) lived in Rome for many years where he became one of the most important European representatives of Neo Classicist sculptural art. The roundels depict the four ages, or four seasons, of man: Childhood (Spring), Youth (Summer), Middle Age (Autumn), Old Age