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The Story of the King Charles Statue | Public Art
The statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square is London’s oldest bronze statue and is counted as the centre of London in which distances are measured to the rest of the country.
This statue exemplifies the story of the execution of Charles I and the Restoration of the monarchy.
The position of the statue and where it faces is pivotal to its legacy and its roots in Rome.
Time Period:
17th century
Timothy Revell is an art historian at the National Gallery, London whose research is focussed on Renaissance and Baroque art. He was the Medal Winner in Art History at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), and at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), he was a Baden-Württemberg Scholar. At the University of Oxford, Timothy was awarded the John Bamborough Msc Scholarship in Humanities and wrote on the art of Peter Paul Rubens. He was awarded the Bader Prize in Art History by the Austrian Academy of Sciences for his doctoral thesis - The Art of Rubens and the Poetics of Comedy. He has held numerous scholarships and also published on contemporary art (Anthony Caro) and non-European art (Ming and Qing porcelain).
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