August 14, 2007
Gustav Vigeland himself. There is a closer view below to
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When we arrived, there was a group at the gates
celebrating Pakistan Day. This park is a place where lots of
celebrations take place. For example, the Americans hold the Fourth of
July here.
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So there are 212 bronze and granite sculptures
here, all nekked and cavorting.
It is totally cool. I wish we had more time to
wander about. |
Ironic that he would make his own statue so fully
clothed. |
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The monolith contains 121 human figures.
The adults all look inward, and the babies look outward. Our guide
said the people at the bottom are dead. Wikipedia says the figures are
"rising toward heaven." Hmmm. |
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Here is one of the scary demon statues, but we cut off
the good bits by accident. |
Mother and daughter, after a disagreement, two people so
much alike, alone with their thoughts and yet so clearly in alignment. |
I think I love this one best of all. |
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Now this reminds me of the sculpture in Kirkland of the
kids running hand in hand toward Lake Washington... but all those kids had
clothes on.
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I doubt that anyone would let Gustav Vigeland baby-sit
their kids after this sculpture park opened up. "I just cannot enjoy
this movie," the mother might whisper, "What if he is juggling the twins?"
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The fountain is held up by a group of muscular men.
Along the base, see the small bronze reliefs?
Little babies cavorting, alone and with animals. |
What a beautiful place!
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Another view of the fountain where you can see the men's
legs thru the water. This fountain was supposed to go in front of Parliament
but ended up here.
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Vigeland continued working on the park even during the
Nazi occupation. They left him alone because they thought he was of a like
mind, what with all the statues exhibiting such gesund-heit-freunden. But he
was not aligned with them and he mocked them with some additional statues on
high columns that show people fighting off a demon. I think it is sort of
sad that he died in 1943 before the war ended so he was not to know that the
Nazis were defeated. |
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Always fun to watch other people do yard work |
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I love her wrist. |
Smooth to the touch |
Who mowed this ziggy-zaggy lawn? A drunk? Next
week, I want to see a crisscross pattern.
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