Wind Beneath My Wings by beachzz
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This is one of two statues at the Hoover Dam Plaza. They are huge, 30' high--grand and magnificent. Here's a bit of info about them~~
"The Norwegian-born, naturalized American sculptor Oskar J.W. Hansen designed many of the sculptures on and around the dam. His works include the monument of dedication plaza, a plaque to memorialize the workers killed and the bas-reliefs on the elevator towers. In his words, Hansen wanted his work to express "the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific accomplishment", because "the building of Hoover Dam belongs to the sagas of the daring." Hansen's dedication plaza, on the Nevada abutment, contains a sculpture of two winged-figures flanking a flagpole. Surrounding the base of the monument is a terrazzo floor embedded with a "star map". The map depicts the Northern Hemisphere sky at the moment of President Roosevelt's dedication of the dam. This is intended to help future astronomers, if necessary, calculate the exact date of dedication. The 30 feet (9.1 m) high bronze figures, dubbed "Winged Figures of the Republic", were each formed in a continuous pour. To put such large bronzes into position without marring the highly polished bronze surface, they were placed on ice and guided into position as the ice melted."
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Comments (15)
no snap today..:)
Great capture and info.
Oh wow - super structures and such a cool POV! Just lovely Marilyn!
I like how you caught a light in the eye, makes it look alive!
Scary looking... Your title reminds me of that popular "Song" . Aloha
How lovely! And I love the idea of moving them into place on ice. Great capture!
beautiful work and love the POV
Nice POV on this.
Wonderful capture
Stellar POV, vignetting, color and contrast in this super capture, Marilyn! And thanks for the accompanying information on the sculpture.
What a marvelous shot! I wanna see this for myself. I really DO need to see Hoover Dam...it's the engineering marvel of quite a few ages and I had no clue about the sky-map! That's cool. Your POV on this is fantastic.
Fabulous photo of this winged creature and nice info too!!
Like this a lot! Great shot and story! You really DO learn something new every day.
this is cool
I remember these. Huge wings sitting on black marble or maybe granite. Super POV. Dana