http://www.explorerpod.com Local Experiences and Great Destinations. Destination Guides by Locals Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:13:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.explorerpod.com/explorerpod-destination-guides/washington-dc/more-on-the-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-152 ExplorerMan Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:54:32 +0000 http://www.explorerpod.com/?page_id=61#comment-152 Thank you for the great insight and comments, I have added some a few more photos for all to admire and see for themselves what you so eloquently describe. Thank you for the great insight and comments, I have added some a few more photos for all to admire and see for themselves what you so eloquently describe.

]]> http://www.explorerpod.com/explorerpod-destination-guides/washington-dc/more-on-the-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-151 ZILMAR Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:13:34 +0000 http://www.explorerpod.com/?page_id=61#comment-151 I've known the subtle significance of Lincoln's grandiose statue since 1956. I have searched hundreds of sites on the Monument and found nothing more on the symbolic features laid on the marble by sculptor French's work than a mistaken reference to the hands depicting the letters A and L. Imagine if you will, a line dividing Lincoln in two and observe carefully the details on each side, right and left: hair, eyebrows, lips, collar tips, coat collar, neatness of the coat, coat covering leg, hands, position of foot, and you will realize that Lincoln is divided in the statue as he was in spirit because of the Civil War. The left side is tense, disheveled, clothes ruffled, hand clenched and foot pulled back as if on the ready to spring out of the chair. The right side is serene, in repose in every detail . You will see more as you carefully dwell observing the statue and finally capture the notion, in amazemenmt, that the sculptor was an artist in more ways than one. He showed talent and skill to work the marble, but more profoundly a genious to lay on the stone Lincoln's tormented soul and mind faced with a divided nation. I am a Brazilian, living in São Paulo and I have related the above to every American I have become acquainted with, and they didn't know. May I ask of you: Did you know? I am a retired Full Professor of the University of São Paulo and I am presently preparing a presentation on two works in which the artist used the sculpture work to convey a message that the layman dos not see. The second artist is the Brazilian Antonio Lisboa and his famous soapstone sculptures of the 12 prophets. Of all the sites I have visited I chose this to register my comment. And if you have come this far I thank you sincerely I’ve known the subtle significance of Lincoln’s grandiose statue since 1956. I have searched hundreds of sites on the Monument and found nothing more on the symbolic features laid on the marble by sculptor French’s work than a mistaken reference to the hands depicting the letters A and L. Imagine if you will, a line dividing Lincoln in two and observe carefully the details on each side, right and left: hair, eyebrows, lips, collar tips, coat collar, neatness of the coat, coat covering leg, hands, position of foot, and you will realize that Lincoln is divided in the statue as he was in spirit because of the Civil War. The left side is tense, disheveled, clothes ruffled, hand clenched and foot pulled back as if on the ready to spring out of the chair. The right side is serene, in repose in every detail . You will see more as you carefully dwell observing the statue and finally capture the notion, in amazemenmt, that the sculptor was an artist in more ways than one. He showed talent and skill to work the marble, but more profoundly a genious to lay on the stone Lincoln’s tormented soul and mind faced with a divided nation. I am a Brazilian, living in São Paulo and I have related the above to every American I have become acquainted with, and they didn’t know.
May I ask of you: Did you know?
I am a retired Full Professor of the University of São Paulo and I am presently preparing a presentation on two works in which the artist used the sculpture work to convey a message that the layman dos not see. The second artist is the Brazilian Antonio Lisboa and his famous soapstone sculptures of the 12 prophets.
Of all the sites I have visited I chose this to register my comment. And if you have come this far I thank you sincerely

]]> http://www.explorerpod.com/explorerpod-destination-guides/washington-dc/more-on-the-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-18 explorerPod » Blog Archive » WELCOME TO EXPLORERPOD.COM Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:51:30 +0000 http://www.explorerpod.com/?page_id=61#comment-18 [...] It would not be a stretch to call the Lincoln Memorial, a Mecca for the Civil Rights and Peace Movements of the past. Read more on the Mall [...] [...] It would not be a stretch to call the Lincoln Memorial, a Mecca for the Civil Rights and Peace Movements of the past. Read more on the Mall [...]

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