Influence and cultural references Uffington White Horse

1 influence , cultural references

1.1 emblem
1.2 literature
1.3 music

influence , cultural references

the horse direct influence on later hill figures of white horses, including kilburn white horse (1858) in yorkshire , folkestone white horse (2003) in kent, in addition white horse cut heather existed 1981 until mid-1990s in mossley, greater manchester. first westbury white horse, faced left, believed inspired uffington horse. uffington white horse has inspired lookalike hill figures, including 1 facing left in ciudad juárez, mexico. direct replicas of uffington horse can found @ cockington green gardens in australia , hogansville, georgia, usa. uffington white horse has inspired 2 sculptures in wiltshire, namely julie livsey s white horse pacified (1987) in nearby swindon, town once considered white horse, , charlotte moreton s white horse (2010) in solstice park, amesbury.

the white horse used symbol diverse organisations (mostly oxfordshire or berkshire connections) , appears in numerous works of literature, visual art , music.

as emblem

the white horse emblem of vale of white horse district council, berkshire yeomanry (a territorial army unit based in windsor, reading , chertsey), , educational establishments including faringdon community college , ridgeway primary school in whitley, berkshire.

literature

thomas hughes, author of tom brown s schooldays, born in nearby village of uffington, wrote book called scouring of white horse. published in 1859, , described combined travel book , record of regional history in guise of novel, sort of , recounts traditional festivities surrounding periodic renovation of white horse. g. k. chesterton features scouring of white horse in epic poem ballad of white horse, published in 1911, romanticised depiction of exploits of king alfred great.

in modern fiction, rosemary sutcliff s 1977 children s book sun horse, moon horse tells fictional story of bronze age creator of figure, , white horse , nearby wayland s smithy feature in 1920s setting in inspector ian rutledge mystery/detective novel pale horse charles todd; depiction of white horse appears on book s dust jacket. horse central 1978 bbc television serial moon stallion brian hayles, later novelised series.

music

david bedford s song of white horse (1978), set ensemble , children s choir , commissioned bbc s omnibus programme, depicts journey along footpath alongside uffington horse , includes words chesterton s poem. composition requires choir inhale helium sing stratospherically high notes of climax, accompanied aerial footage of horse animated show rearing ground. recording, produced mike oldfield, released oldfield music in 1983.

the uffington horse illustrated on cover of english settlement (1982), fifth studio album swindon band xtc, , appears (among other symbols copied barbara g. walker s woman s dictionary of symbols , sacred objects) on cover of nirvana s final album, in utero (1993).