Green and Pleasant Land
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Green and Pleasant Land was a pastoral, visually rich segment of the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony that evoked an idealized British countryside before its transformation by the Industrial Revolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
segment of Olympic opening ceremony
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theatrical performance segment ⓘ |
| associatedWork | London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | global television audience ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | television worldwide ⓘ |
| choreographyIncludes | mass movement of volunteer performers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creativeDirector | Danny Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
animals in the countryside
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cricket on the village green ⓘ farmers and rural workers ⓘ hedgerows and trees ⓘ maypole dancing ⓘ rolling hills and meadows ⓘ rural British landscapes ⓘ thatched cottages ⓘ traditional British village life ⓘ |
| event | 2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| follows | opening countdown and introductory sequences of the ceremony ⓘ |
| genre |
ceremonial spectacle
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pastoral performance ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
British landscape painting
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English pastoral tradition ⓘ rural English poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPerformance | Olympic Stadium, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
idealized British countryside
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pre‑industrial Britain ⓘ transformation by the Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| medium | live stadium performance ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to contrast with the Industrial Revolution segment
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to show Britain before industrialization ⓘ |
| partOf | London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedOn | 27 July 2012 ⓘ |
| precedes | Industrial Revolution segment of the London 2012 opening ceremony ⓘ |
| producer | London 2012 Ceremonies Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to celebrate British rural heritage
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to introduce the historical narrative of the ceremony ⓘ |
| setDesignFeature |
large grassy hill
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live animals on the field of play ⓘ model of Glastonbury Tor ⓘ recreated village green ⓘ working water mill ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | the phrase "green and pleasant land" from the poem "And did those feet in ancient time" by William Blake ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
pastoral
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picturesque ⓘ romanticized ⓘ |
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