Lethaby Tempietto - Hoptonwood limestone and limed oak, 2007

Lethaby Tempietto

Hoptonwood limestone and limed oak, 2007


Commissioned as a gift for the architect Richard Slawson who had been a Lethaby scholar, the text was translated into Latin by Colin Sydenham. The Latin translates as:


Do you wish to conquer art, beauty, poetry? Avoid a headlong attack; make your arrows fly into the sky.