Maybe They Can Get Jeff Koons To Sculpt A Replacement Image...
"A basketball-sized piece of marble molding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court Monday, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building. No one was hurt.
The chunk of Vermont marble was part of the dentil molding that serves as a frame for nine sculptural figures completed in 1935. The piece that fell was over the figure of Authority, near the peak of the building's pediment, and to the right of the figure of Liberty, who has the scales of justice on her lap."
Associated Press "Pieces Fall From Supreme Court Facade" November 28, 2005.
Crouching Boy c.1530-1534 by Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475-1564 Marble; h 54 cm
"This figure is the only work by Michelangelo in the Hermitage [Museum of Petersburg, Russia]. It was probably designed for the Medici Chapel in Florence. The pose of the boy repeats the cubic form of the marble block it was made from and seems constrained. But the massive protubing muscles of the bent body are emphasized by the play of light on the rough marble surface covered with chisel marks, and the tension of the pose creates the impression of enormous energy and force. The artist's concept has not yet been explained, although some scholars see here an allegory for the unborn soul, while others see the figure as a wounded soldier or a spirit of mourning. However, the figure would appear to have a wider significance than any of these particular interpretations: it represents a defeated individual, suffering not so much physically as emotionally, reflecting the tragedy of the Renaissance decline."
Text and Photo credit: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org
The chunk of Vermont marble was part of the dentil molding that serves as a frame for nine sculptural figures completed in 1935. The piece that fell was over the figure of Authority, near the peak of the building's pediment, and to the right of the figure of Liberty, who has the scales of justice on her lap."
Associated Press "Pieces Fall From Supreme Court Facade" November 28, 2005.
Crouching Boy c.1530-1534 by Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475-1564 Marble; h 54 cm
"This figure is the only work by Michelangelo in the Hermitage [Museum of Petersburg, Russia]. It was probably designed for the Medici Chapel in Florence. The pose of the boy repeats the cubic form of the marble block it was made from and seems constrained. But the massive protubing muscles of the bent body are emphasized by the play of light on the rough marble surface covered with chisel marks, and the tension of the pose creates the impression of enormous energy and force. The artist's concept has not yet been explained, although some scholars see here an allegory for the unborn soul, while others see the figure as a wounded soldier or a spirit of mourning. However, the figure would appear to have a wider significance than any of these particular interpretations: it represents a defeated individual, suffering not so much physically as emotionally, reflecting the tragedy of the Renaissance decline."
Text and Photo credit: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org
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