Comments on: Sculpture Urban Legends Revealed #1

By: David A. Spitzley

David A. Spitzley — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:53:14 +0000

Regarding the Small World ride, my family got stuck on a boat right in front of a speaker for about 15 minutes in the 1980s in the Disney World incarnation of the ride. Suffice it to say that it has been a running gag ever since.

By: David Markham

David Markham — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:24:26 +0000

“Gill was interesting in his ideas on the “rights” of artists regarding their work – he was basically of the mind that the artist did not control the work. He felt that the person who commissions the work should totally control the work.”

Any artist who doesn’t agree with that sentiment shouldn’t take a commission.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:36:23 +0000

Yeah, that’s a good one, Mike. I actually considered that one, but I decided to ultimately go with the name-writing one.

By: Mike Blake

Mike Blake — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:37:42 +0000

I had the pleasure of seeing La Pieta in person at the New York World’s Fair of 1964 to 65. Yeah, I’m afraid I’m that old. But it wasn’t all such sublime pleasure. I also sat through this:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/05/new-york-worlds-fair-1964-1965-2/?Qwd=./NationalGeographic/4-1965/worlds_fair&Qif=worlds_fair_13.jpg

Here’s a Pieta-in-America Legend revealed: Did you know the Vatican made a full-scale replica of La Pieta and shipped it to New York first, to test if the sculpture could be delivered intact? It remained in the U.S. after the original was returned, and is on display at St. Joseph’s Seminary and College in Yonkers, New York.

By: OptimusShr

OptimusShr — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:26:05 +0000

I never thought I would see sculpture urban legends, but here it is.

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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:00:30 +0000

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