The creator of hundreds of public monuments, private commissions, portraits, and other works of art, Frederick E. Hart (Frederick Elliott Hart) was one of the most accomplished sculptors of the latter half of the 20th century. #FrederickHart
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Suzanne Tiraqueau, who has travelled around! Originally in Demant chapel, her tomb was destroyed in the Revolution. The statue was taken to the castles of Terre-neuve, then Court d'Aron. Now in the Historiale de la Vendée. 17th century.
#MonumentsMonday
In the Art and Power exhibition at the British museum - sea goddess with dolphin and child, potentially Aphrodite and Eros, c 150 - 50 BCE. Found near Byblos, Lebanon.
She looks like she is just coming out of the water!
#FindsFriday
Drawing on the power and strength of lions, falcons and other desert-dwelling wild animals, ancient Egyptian artists also celebrated the flora and fauna of the cultivated riverside, emblems of renewal and abundance. (New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, Walters Art Museum) #AncientSculpture
Tomb of Pierre de Bauffremont, Flemish relief carving, carboniferous limestone. Four monks with heads covered in mourning represent a solemn funeral procession. Commissioned for a Burgundian court official in 1453, the tomb was never finished. (Walters Art Museum) #MedievalArt
La scultura di Frederick Hart adorna la facciata della Cattedrale Nazionale di Washington denominata Ex Nihilo
Appaiono otto figure di uomini e donne ad occhi chiusi poiché ancora privi di consapevolezza e coscienza
Insieme alla creazione del giorno e notte e quella dell'uomo
In honor of the work President Jimmy Carter undertook “on behalf of human and environmental needs,” artist Frederick Hart labored to represent “the generosity of Carter’s nature, his eagerness to share a vision of justice.” https://t.co/KLkGZ7YMtH
Happy birthday, Emma Stebbins, sculptor of Angel of the Waters and the first woman to receive a commission for a major public artwork in New York! 🥳 Dedicated in 1873, the Angel is now preserved by the #CentralParkConservancy. Learn more about Emma’s story here.
❤💫 உணர்வுகள் வார்த்தையாய், ஓவியமாய், காட்சியாய்... @Janissss_4@balaji_sivagami
Art must touch are lives, our fears and cares - evokes our dreams and give hope to the darkness.
- Frederick Hart
Thanks for inspiring with your art @i_amak@i_am_punith#AshwinKumar