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Mosaic Imaging- research project for a University.

Mosaics in Mullingar Christ King Cathedral.

The artist.

Mullingar Cathedral

Boris Vasilyevich Anrep (Russian: Борис Васильевич Анреп; 27 September [O.S. 15 September] 1883 – 7 June 1969) was a Russian artist, active in Britain, who devoted himself to the art of mosaic.

In Britain, he is known for his monumental mosaics at the National Gallery, London, Westminster Cathedral and the Bank of England. Being close to the Bloomsbury Group, he was a notable figure in London social and intellectual life from 1912 up to the mid-1960s. In Ireland, he is known for his mosaics at Christ the King Cathedral, Mullingar. In Russia, he is associated with the Silver Age of Russian Poetry as the addressee of many beautiful poems by Anna Akhmatova, including her Tale of the Black Ring. Anrep was also friendly with Nikolai Gumilev, an outstanding poet and Akhmatova's husband, and Nikolay Nedobrovo, a talented critic, two prominent figures of the 1910s in Saint Petersburg.
Wikipedia.

Full mosiacs.

St Patrick lighting the paschal fire on the hill of Slane

 

The young virgin being presented at the temple by her mother, St Anne.

The snakes are banished and depart.

Sphere on Spiral Stairs

The end of the mosaic.

Sphere on Spiral Stairs
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