The four elements and the four qualities. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.

  • Hague, Lois.
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[1991]
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112i
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The four elements and the four qualities. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The diagram shows the four elements as defined by ancient Greek philosophers (air, water, earth, fire) and the four qualities which they combine: air combines the hot and the wet, water the cold and the wet, earth the cold and the dry, fire the hot and the dry

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[London], [1991]

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1 painting : airbrush on artist's board with acetate overlays ; board 35.8 x 48.1 cm

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Air water earth fire. Wet dry. Cold hot.

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Wellcome Collection 112i

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Commissioned by the Wellcome Institute; copyright acquired with the work.

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