I think this is a good time to post this.
(#if we reblog it enough it might become a staff pick)
Keep it up.
The Death of Cleopatra
1876
Edmonia Lewis
marble
160.0 x 79.4 x 116.8 cm.
AAAAAAAAAH IT ARRIVED IN THE MAIL
http://creatorsanddestroyers.bigcartel.com/product/away-team-replica-patch
My Halloween costume this year.
Lady Macbeth
1905
Elisabet Ney
marble
187.2 x 65.4 x 75.0 cm.
Preliminary Model of Male Figure from Fountain of Engineers
about 1905-14
Paul Wayland Bartlett
bronze
37.7 x 29.8 x 28.2 cm
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/preliminary-model-male-figure-fountain-engineers-1447
I had the tv on in the background playing local news coverage of the inauguration. One reporter was interviewing a National Park Service representative and I thought I heard his name wrong, but turns out my ears weren’t deceiving me.
Stupid neural net
Moses (after Michelangelo)
1875
Edmonia Lewis
marble
68.0 x 29.2 x 34.6 cm.
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/moses-after-michelangelo-14628
Anticipating The End Times, I spent election day at the DC museums! Gotta soak in that culture before it’s all burned to the ground.