The Quintet of the Astonished
E443979
The Quintet of the Astonished is a video art installation by Bill Viola that presents a slow-motion study of human emotional expression through the reactions of five figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Quintet of the Astonished canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4483106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quintet of the Astonished Context triple: [Bill Viola, notableWork, The Quintet of the Astonished]
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A.
The Uncertain Trumpet
The Uncertain Trumpet is a 1960 book by U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor that critiques the doctrine of massive retaliation and advocates for a more flexible, conventional military strategy during the Cold War.
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B.
Peculiar Follies
Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.
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C.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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D.
The Traditional Fools
The Traditional Fools were a California-based garage rock and surf-punk band best known as an early project of musician Ty Segall.
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E.
The Fourmost
The Fourmost were a 1960s Liverpool beat group associated with the Merseybeat scene, known for their close ties to The Beatles and hits like "A Little Loving."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quintet of the Astonished Target entity description: The Quintet of the Astonished is a video art installation by Bill Viola that presents a slow-motion study of human emotional expression through the reactions of five figures.
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A.
The Uncertain Trumpet
The Uncertain Trumpet is a 1960 book by U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor that critiques the doctrine of massive retaliation and advocates for a more flexible, conventional military strategy during the Cold War.
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B.
Peculiar Follies
Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.
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C.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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D.
The Traditional Fools
The Traditional Fools were a California-based garage rock and surf-punk band best known as an early project of musician Ty Segall.
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E.
The Fourmost
The Fourmost were a 1960s Liverpool beat group associated with the Merseybeat scene, known for their close ties to The Beatles and hits like "A Little Loving."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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video art installation ⓘ |
| cameraFraming | tight group portrait ⓘ |
| color | color video ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Bill Viola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | human emotional expression ⓘ |
| displayFormat | large-scale projection ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
J. Paul Getty Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various contemporary art museums ⓘ |
| features | five figures ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
micro-expressions
ⓘ
temporal perception of emotion ⓘ |
| genre | video art ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHumanSubjects | 5 ⓘ |
| hasPart | projected moving image ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
contemplative
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| inception | 2000 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Christian devotional imagery
ⓘ
Renaissance religious painting ⓘ |
| language | none (non-verbal) ⓘ |
| lightingStyle | chiaroscuro-inspired ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
body language
ⓘ
emotional states ⓘ facial expressions ⓘ |
| medium | video ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | non-narrative ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Passions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
astonishment
ⓘ
fear ⓘ grief ⓘ joy ⓘ spiritual contemplation ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bill Viola Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | neutral dark background ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
ⓘ
museum catalog essays ⓘ |
| timeManipulation | extreme slow motion ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | slow motion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Quintet of the Astonished Description of subject: The Quintet of the Astonished is a video art installation by Bill Viola that presents a slow-motion study of human emotional expression through the reactions of five figures.
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