James Thornhill
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James Thornhill was an English Baroque painter and decorative artist best known for his grand allegorical ceiling and wall paintings in major British buildings such as the Painted Hall at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Thornhill canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9467435 — 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.
Target entity: James Thornhill Context triple: [Painted Hall, interiorPaintingsBy, James Thornhill]
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Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crawford was a 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for major public works in Washington, D.C., including the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol dome.
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Benjamin West
Benjamin West was an 18th–19th century Anglo-American painter renowned for his historical and religious works and for helping shape the development of Neoclassical art in Britain.
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C.
Frederick Hart
Frederick Hart was an American sculptor renowned for his figurative public monuments, most notably his bronze "Three Servicemen" statue that complements the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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D.
George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.
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Charles Bridgeman
Charles Bridgeman was an influential early 18th-century English landscape designer who helped pioneer the transition from formal Baroque gardens to the more naturalistic English landscape style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: James Thornhill Target entity description: James Thornhill was an English Baroque painter and decorative artist best known for his grand allegorical ceiling and wall paintings in major British buildings such as the Painted Hall at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich.
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A.
Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crawford was a 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for major public works in Washington, D.C., including the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol dome.
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B.
Benjamin West
Benjamin West was an 18th–19th century Anglo-American painter renowned for his historical and religious works and for helping shape the development of Neoclassical art in Britain.
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C.
Frederick Hart
Frederick Hart was an American sculptor renowned for his figurative public monuments, most notably his bronze "Three Servicemen" statue that complements the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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D.
George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.
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E.
Charles Bridgeman
Charles Bridgeman was an influential early 18th-century English landscape designer who helped pioneer the transition from formal Baroque gardens to the more naturalistic English landscape style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque painter
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decorative artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
allegorical painting
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ceiling painting ⓘ wall painting ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Great Queen Street Academy (London) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral
NERFINISHED
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Royal Hospital, Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
allegorical painting
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history painting ⓘ mural painting ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French Baroque painting
NERFINISHED
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Italian Baroque painting ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | English Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
grand allegorical ceiling paintings
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large-scale decorative schemes in public buildings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, London
NERFINISHED
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Painted Hall ceiling, Royal Hospital, Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ Painted Hall walls, Royal Hospital, Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at Blenheim Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at Chatsworth House NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at Hampton Court Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at King’s Weston House, Bristol ⓘ Paintings at Moor Park, Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at Wimpole Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ Paintings at the Royal Naval Chapel, Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
decorative artist
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painter ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament
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Serjeant Painter to the King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Derbyshire
NERFINISHED
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Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: James Thornhill Description of subject: James Thornhill was an English Baroque painter and decorative artist best known for his grand allegorical ceiling and wall paintings in major British buildings such as the Painted Hall at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich.
Referenced by (3)
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