Sotheby's recently auctioned Sandro Botticelli's 1480
'Young Man Holding a Roundel'.
We like that work very much, the round and rectangular formalities, the staged depth, the two diverting outward gazers, and more. Here, though, we're interested in two of Sotheby's own images. The Image is Shown to the Crowd and The Kill.
First, House Supporters (their mouths COVID covered) [LOGOS, the muffled Speaking into Being of the Image] display the Image to the breath-masked mob. Behold!
In his hands, his Instruments of the Passion.
We recognise his pose and the godly lineage proposed. Descendant of Zeus, the god of the sky, lightning and thunder, ruler of all the gods on Mount Olympus. If not the sky god, then it is Poseidon, god of the See. Poised, ready to project his thunderbolt (Zeus) or trident (Poseidon).
Sold, for $92 million!
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA