Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 50 pages of information about Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts.

Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 50 pages of information about Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts.

The Bison (2).  A. Phimister Proctor
      The last of a vanishing race — fine, powerful figures.

Henry Ward Beecher Memorial.  J. Q. A. Ward
      A noted American clergyman, lecturer, reformer, author, journalist;
      lived between 1813 and 1887; a man of forceful personality and fine
      intellect; he looks the very man of opinions who would not hesitate to
      give them to you — and you would be prone to accept them.

William H. Taft.  Robert Ingersoll Aitken
      One of America’s greatest statesmen.

Halsey S. Ives.  Victor S. Holm
      Was director of the Fine Arts Palace, Pan-American Exposition.

Seated Lincoln.  Augustus Saint-Gaudens
      The firm man of thought and action; a replica of the Seated Lincoln of
      Lincoln Park, Chicago.

Piping Pan.  Louis Saint-Gaudens
      He stands, utterly thoughtless, with his double pipes — passing the
      hours in amusement; we see him at a musical moment.

Flying Cupid.  Janet Scudder
      With the rhyton, the Greek drinking-horn in his hand, Cupid stands above
      the globe, his little toes holding on firmly so that he will not slip.

A Muse Finding the Head of Orpheus.  Edward Berge
      The mourning muse has just chanced upon the severed head of Orpheus
      which had been cast into the stream by the Thracian maidens; short
      pieces of marble are left to support parts easily broken.

Michael Angelo.  Robert Ingersoll Aitken
      We seem to hear him say “And now where next to place the chisel?” He is
      creating “Day,” which is seen in the Medici Chapel, Church of San
      Lorenzo, Florence, Italy.

Nymph.  Isidore Konti
      A poetic conception of the origin of the stream, from which the fawn
      drinks.

Young Pan.  Janet Scudder
      A favorite subject.  Pan is piping his woodland notes and marching to his
      own music.  Such expressive little hands are those that hold the pipes! 
      The crab comes up to listen and is held — spellbound.

Wildflower.  Edward Berge
      Everybody’s love!  A real darling!  A little flower of the fields.

Mother and Child.  Furio Piccirilli
      A typical mother-expression as she croons over her baby — such a dear
      one!

Eurydice.  Furio Piccirilli
      Orpheus has just looked back-Eurydice, realizing that he is forever lost
      to her, looks mournfully after him.  Great longing fills her soul.

Boy and Frog.  Edward Berge
      An independent young chap stands among the rushes — and how expressive
      are those toes!  The frog, as the fountain, spouts water.

The Dancing Nymph.  Olin Warner
      Her pine-cone wand thrown down, her pan-pipes cast aside, the
      ivory-crowned nymph indulges in the dance.

The Outcast.  Attilio Piccirilli
      A powerful nude; his very toes portray his grief; surely suggested by
      Rodin’s work.

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