A tribute to mermaids?
Sculpture
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Last week a reader wrote in saying he noticed some workers were cleaning up the Jeanne d’Arc statue in Meridian Hill Park. I was eager to check it out as this is my favorite statue (in my favorite park) in the city. [Ed. Note: Check out a video of the dedication with President Harding in 1922 here.] I had always hoped the sword would be repaired one day. This summer I was blown away when I saw the very same Jeanne d’Arc statue with sword in tact in Paris. So when I stopped by the park this weekend to check out the cleaning, my jaw hit the ground. Behold:
Are you glad the sword was repaired?
After the jump a few alternative Jean D’arc shots before the sword was replaced (more…)
Julius Caesar? At first glance I had hoped it was a random homeowner’s ancestor…
It’s not so much the door but the cool sculpture next to it. Unfortunately the winter sun was casting some serious shadows but I still think you can get an idea of how awesome it is. It’s also from Georgetown.
According to the artist’s website:
Albert Paley is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects, the AIA’s highest award to a non-architect. “The allure of Paley’s art comes though its intrinsic sense of integration of art and architecture,” as one noted architect stated.
Pieces by Albert Paley can be found in the permanent collections of many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Western Australia, Fitzwilliam, British Museum.
Couple more shots after the jump. (more…)
These great ones are from Dupont.
Next time you’re on Calvert heading from Woodley Park to Adams Morgan (or vice versa) look up top at the yellow house. I must’ve walked by this house a thousand times without noticing them.
If anyone passed the Adams Morgan Exxon you couldn’t have missed the one:
This one stops me dead in my tracks every time I pass it.
Very easy to walk by without noticing it but once you do, you’ll never be able to walk by again without marveling at it.
I just noticed this sculpture on the side of the school next to Martha’s Table at 14th St, NW just north of U St.
