Arcades du Capitole: Le Pastel
Moretti, Raymond
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Alternative Title
Arcades du Capitole [series]
Date
1998Description
Overall view, Le Pastel (woad plant); The Arcades du Capitole also known as the Galerue des Arcades is a series of 29 serigraphs (silk screen prints) on translucent material fastened to illuminated cases on the ceiling of the arcade of the Capitole building. Each serigraph measures 2.50 x 3.10 metres. The series depicts the history of Toulouse. Moretti executed 89 works from which the 29 were chosen. Moretti also installed a huge Occitan cross (cross of Languedoc) made of bronze measuring 18 metres wide and weighing 20 tons embedded in the square in front of the Capitole. This panel depicts the plant Isatis tinctoria, or woad. Trade of the blue fabric dye made from woad increased from 1463. This dye was called at the time "pastel" and triggered the most prosperous period of Toulouse history. Its use was later eclipsed by the introduction of indigo from the New World. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 4/18/2011)
Type of Work
screen printSubject
botanical, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), cycles or series, historical, Toulouse (France : County), serigraphy, serigraphs (screen prints), silk screen prints, textiles, dyes, Languedoc, Twentieth century
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