Nineteenth century equestrian scenes were knitted into jackets and fused with English country florals.
More than 120 equestrian scenes, including 40 paintings and pastels, 60 drawings and 20 sculptures, have been gathered for this first museum exhibition devoted to Degas's fascination with race tracks and horses.
The rest of the Naqsh-i-Rustam rock reliefs deal mainly with equestrian scenes, showing various kings, e. g., Bahram II and Hormizd II.
It was plated with silver-gilt and decorated with images of goddesses and equestrian scenes.
Five of the cheekpieces show equestrian scenes; one depicts the triumph of a Roman emperor on horseback, holding his arm in the air as he is crowned with a laurel wreath by the goddess Victoria (Victory).
Many were commissioned by European and British nobles as symbols of wealth or taste, depicting, for example, flocks of brilliantly colored tropical birds, equestrian hunt scenes or Freemasonry symbols.
We see the graphic red and black credit titles of "The Equestrian Vortex" depicting satanic scenes preceding the outrageous movie that the menacingly flamboyant, flashily dressed and extravagantly coiffed producer Francesco Coraggio and the director Giancarlo Santini have made.
Melanie Charlton, who is on the junior committee and whose boyfriend is a big polo player, wants to link the polo and racing scenes into a monthlong festival of equestrian chic.
The Mannerist allegories that had been in favour completely disappeared, to be replaced by scenes from the Old and New Testaments, equestrian portraits of the German emperors with the electors round the edge, and luxuriant floral decorations.
Should Rafalca earn a place on the American team, Olympic equestrian events could turn out to be quite the political scene this summer.
