Uploads from delfry, tagged museum

The Rocky Statue

nobody@flickr.com (delfry) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:15:19 -0800

delfry posted a photo:

In its new location, used to be at the top of the steps to the Art Museum, just like the movie.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

nobody@flickr.com (delfry) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:47:00 -0800

delfry posted a photo:

A beautiful building and place in Philadelphia. The Picasso exhibit was nice but only confirmed for me that I tend to like the Impressionists more.

I was standing about 20 yards from the old location of the "Rocky" statue when I took this.

Appreciate any feedback on the b&w conversion, I liked the original but have become more and more partial to black and white.

Horses restrained by grooms, known as The Marly Horses (2)

nobody@flickr.com (delfry) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:45:38 -0800

delfry posted a photo:

by Guillaume Coustou the Elder and completed by Guillaume Coustou the Younger

This is the other Marly Horse. They are located on opposite sides of Cour Marly on the ground floor of the Richelieu wing. Even though these two photos were taken literally seconds apart you can see how different the light was on opposite sides of the room.

These two large marble sculptures representing horses restrained by grooms were commissioned in 1739 for the horse pond in the gardens of the Château de Marly. In 1743, the king chose the models exhibited in the Louvre courtyard; the marble sculptures were installed at Marly in 1745. In 1749, they were moved to Paris on the initiative of the painter David, and placed on high pedestals at the bottom of the Champs-Elysées.

These sculptures were so highly thought of by the people of Paris that they were spared destruction during the French revolution.

They were moved inside the Louvre in 1894 to save them from the elements and replaced by copies on the Place de la Concorde.