Framed, aged print of five armored, emerald green figures on a raised checkered floor. Several symbols line the base of the checkered floor and text below reads “ “colere d’achile.”
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Simon

The Rage of Achilles (Colère d’Achille) Wallpaper

Maker

Attributed to Simon (French, 1783-1820)

Title

The Rage of Achilles (Colère d’Achille) Wallpaper

Year

1790

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wood-block printed

Geography

Place Made: Paris

Dimensions

78.4 x 100.3 cm (30 7/8 x 39 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

34.946

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 15: Green

RISD Museum’s Manual 15 Celebrates Green

New life is always shown to us through mokingpu, the color green-the light green stems of rabbitbrush, one of the few colors seen the winter; the tender green shoots of new corn that emerge in the spring against the backdrop of the dry brown earth. Green offers hope. Green represents life.

-Susan Sekaquaptewa

A welcome splash of color after a long winter, the RISD Museum’s fifteenth issue of Manual is awash in shades of green, celebrating the color's myriad associations with nature and growth, environmentalism and sustainable practices, newness and hope (as well as poison and currency) and delving into the histories of specific pigments and processes. Manual 15 opens with an introductory essay by Hopi grower Susan Sekaquaptewa, who details the soft hues of the flora of Northern Arizona. “You appreciate plants more when you develop a relationship with them,” she explains.

This issue of Manual is supported in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional generous support is provided by the RISD Museum Associates and Sotheby’s.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Attributed to Simon (French, 1783-1820)
The Rage of Achilles (Colère d’Achille) Wallpaper, 1790
Woodblock print on paper
78.4 x 100.3 cm (30 7/8 x 39 1/2 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 34.946

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