New York’s Memorial to Joan of Arc
“Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing; but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die […]
“Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing; but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die […]
“Men and Women of Brooklyn Who Died In the World War MCMXIV – MCMXVIII They gave their lives for liberty And universal peace Honor, Duty, Country” —Inscriptions above the benches […]
“Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbor; relieve the poor […]
“All had expected something great, something of angelic power and beauty and when a feebly-pretty idealess thing of bronze was revealed the revulsion of feeling was painful. The figure resembles […]
“Beauty is what nature has lavished upon us as a supreme gift.” —Louis Comfort Tiffany (18.February.1848–1933) Happy birthday to Louis Comfort Tiffany! Today marks the 171st anniversary of his birth. […]
“My wish has been to send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, and to be the servant of a noble purpose . . . art is not a vague […]
“That great giant, Atlas, whose shoulders bear the circling sky.” —from “Metamorphoses,” A.D. 8, by Ovid Directly across Fifth Avenue from the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of […]
“Lincoln stood tall in the carriage, his dark uncovered head bent in contemplative acknowledgment of the waiting people.” —Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. […]
“I learnt sculpture by myself. I studied as a painter when I first came to New York. I didn’t go to college; I went to art school for a couple […]
The Veteran Corps “commemorated the memory of their comrades who fell in the Civil War with appropriate exercises… The monument was almost hidden from sight by wreaths and flowers, as […]