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The point, I think, is that the frieze is not immediately obvious - it's not at the characters' eye-level. One of the things that fascinated me about the painting was how many different things were going on in it, and how compartmentalized they all were. For one thing, it's a triptych. Then there is the background landscape, itself divided into palace, harbour and countryside and only glimpsed through the windows. And the characters fall into a number of groups, none obviously engaging with the others. So the frieze is one more level, at the same time apparently insignificant and, once you've noticed what's in it, pretty scary. I've just emailed the gallery to ask the name of the artist. I wrote it down at the time, but lost my note of it. Best wishes Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Jackson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 09 August 2000 19:51 Subject: Re: STAND up (Candice) >Hi Matthew, > >Terrific poem -- reminded me of Peter Greenaway's film > 'Prospero's Books'. Thanks for posting. > >The only bit which looks unnecessary is the descriptive 'above >their heads' in the final stanza, somehow . . . unless this is an >important feature of the painting? (By who, by the way? Keen >to check it out). Seems to round off this frieze image on a slightly >flat note . . . ? > > >Andy > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%