The Iron Horse Photograph - Limited Edition of 30

Few things are more imbued with meaning in culture and art than the horse. Although horses have only been domesticated for a little over 5,000 years, they first appeared in art over 30,000 years ago in Paleolithic cave paintings. They’ve appeared in the mythology of cultures around the world, and, to a striking extent, stand as symbols for many different qualities and ideas. For obvious reasons the horse has symbolized strength, power, speed, and endurance, as well as related qualities such as courage, heroism, confidence, vigor, and vitality. Their symbolic repertoire includes majesty, dignity, triumph, authority, and nobility, along with beauty, sexuality, passion, and virility. Not all associations are positive. Horses have also been used to symbolize war and anger. The New Testament Book of Revelations foresees the end of the world being marshaled in by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, riding mounts representing bloodshed, famine, death, and the Anti-Christ, while the Old Testament prophet Isaiah warned against relying on the false strength of horses, standing in for the false power of the material world. The idea of the stalking-horse and the story of the Trojan Horse both signify deception and trickery, and Freud referred to the subconscious id as a wild horse that needed to be reined in by the conscious mind. Limited edition of 30 - signed and numbered on the print below the image and on an enclosed Certificate of Authenticity. Printed on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, an archival fine art paper. Image printed area: 17.25 X 11.5 inches. Total print size including white borders: 19 x 13 inches. It will be shipped rolled, securely inside a shipping tube.