Hello World
Welcome to my first entry into my new blog! i have to note i have not blogged for a while... actually around 10 years!
You can put that down to Studies, Having a Social Life and then finally trying to find a place for myself in this big and dangerous world!
I hope to produce a regular blog which will talk about anything and about anything that is part of my life! Topics such as Photography/Technology (in particular Telecoms)/ Food and another topic that jumps into my mysterious mind!
Anyway! Lets end Entry #1 with one of favourite Photos! Taken approx 2 years ago i was in a car driven by a colleage from the other side of the world and out of no where BAM! shot this Classic!
The photo is of Arlington Bridge Equestrian Statues a bit more information from "http://www.nps.gov"
Flanking the eastern ends of the bridge and parkway are two pairs of monumental Neo-classical equestrian sculpture on identical pedestals. "The Arts of War" by Leo Friedlander stands at the end of the bridge. In "Valor" on the left, the male equestrian is accompanied by a female striding forward with a shield; in "Sacrifice" a standing female symbolizing the earth looks up to the rider Mars.
"The Arts of Peace" by James Earle Fraser flanks the end of the parkway. "Music and Harvest" consists of a winged horse, Pegasus, between a male figure with a bundle of wheat and a sickle and a woman with a harp. In "Aspiration and Literature," another Pegasus is flanked by figures holding a book and a bow. The statues, approximately 17 feet tall are of gilded bronze. They were commissioned in 1925, but were not erected until 1951.
Wished we had more of these in Australia!
Oh Well! Entry #2 will be coming soon!
Regards
Mad Nomis
Welcome to my first entry into my new blog! i have to note i have not blogged for a while... actually around 10 years!
You can put that down to Studies, Having a Social Life and then finally trying to find a place for myself in this big and dangerous world!
I hope to produce a regular blog which will talk about anything and about anything that is part of my life! Topics such as Photography/Technology (in particular Telecoms)/ Food and another topic that jumps into my mysterious mind!
Anyway! Lets end Entry #1 with one of favourite Photos! Taken approx 2 years ago i was in a car driven by a colleage from the other side of the world and out of no where BAM! shot this Classic!
The photo is of Arlington Bridge Equestrian Statues a bit more information from "http://www.nps.gov"
Flanking the eastern ends of the bridge and parkway are two pairs of monumental Neo-classical equestrian sculpture on identical pedestals. "The Arts of War" by Leo Friedlander stands at the end of the bridge. In "Valor" on the left, the male equestrian is accompanied by a female striding forward with a shield; in "Sacrifice" a standing female symbolizing the earth looks up to the rider Mars.
"The Arts of Peace" by James Earle Fraser flanks the end of the parkway. "Music and Harvest" consists of a winged horse, Pegasus, between a male figure with a bundle of wheat and a sickle and a woman with a harp. In "Aspiration and Literature," another Pegasus is flanked by figures holding a book and a bow. The statues, approximately 17 feet tall are of gilded bronze. They were commissioned in 1925, but were not erected until 1951.
Wished we had more of these in Australia!
Oh Well! Entry #2 will be coming soon!
Regards
Mad Nomis
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