Word: sculptor
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Died. John Angel, 78, noted church sculptor of statuary in Manhattan's Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the huge bronze doors of Manhattan's St. Patrick's Cathedral, and a marble Last Supper in Pittsburgh's East Liberty Presbyterian Church; of congestive heart failure; in his rural Sandy Hook, Conn. home. A spry, chain-smoking Episcopalian, Angel munched on gingerbread cookies as he fashioned his models in clay, contentedly resigned himself to the traditional anonymity of his art, thought modern art "merely a passing phase...
Were the world of art limited only to painting and sculpture, something would seem to be rotten in Denmark. The kingdom has had its share of fine artists, but few were giants, and not all were even Danish. The greatest sculptor of 15th century Denmark, Claus Berg, was a German; the chief art adviser to King Christian IV was Dutch. Of the five leading painters in 18th century Denmark, one was French and two were Swedish, and it took a Frenchman, Joseph Saly, to put Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts on its feet. Even Denmark...
...Sept. 5 issue you suggest an enigma in regard to the fair lady on the Washington Capitol dome. She is "Fertility" and was so designated by Sculptor Crawford 97 years...
...Army engineer in charge of putting a new dome on top of the U.S. Capitol sat down to write a letter to the sculptor who was to design the statue that would adorn it. What or whom should the statue represent? ''We have too many Washingtons," wrote the captain firmly on May 11, 1855. "We have America in the pediment. Victories and Liberties are rather pagan emblems, but a Liberty, I fear, is the best we can get." And so Sculptor Thomas Crawford set to work in his studio in Rome. The model he made was nearly lost...
...Sculptor Crawford endowed his Armed Liberty with every cliche available-an olive branch, a wreath of wheat and laurel, the customary sword and shield. "These emblems are such.'' said he confidently, "as the mass of our people will easily understand." But somewhere along the line the olive branch was dropped, and for the head wreath Crawford substituted a liberty cap in a tribute to the freeing of the Phrygian slaves in ancient times. This was too much for Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. As a result, part of an eagle with a lot of feathers was scrunched...