"Angel of the Waters" o "Bethesda Fountain" de Emma Stebbins en Central
Emma Stebbins (1 September 1815 - 25 October 1882) was an American sculptor and the first woman to receive a public art commission from New York City. She is best known for her work Angel of the Waters (1873), the centerpiece of the Bethesda Fountain, located on the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, New York. [1] [2] Biography Early life
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Meredith M. Wortzel , M.A. Published Online: 1 May 2014 https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14020230 The Angel of the Waters, more commonly known as the Bethesda Fountain, by Emma Stebbins (1815-1882) is one of the most beloved sculptures in all of New York City's Central Park.
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Reiley explained how important is the Angel of the Waters for Central Park and said that Cometto's book "makes flesh of the pioneering sculptor Emma Stebbins. In Emma and the Angel of Central Park, the Bethesda Angel is symbolically affirmed as a NYC talisman and subtly recast by her 'troubling of the waters' of current earthly affairs.
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In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the movement of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water,.
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Angel of the Waters was created by sculptor Emma Stebbins (1815-1882), the first woman to receive a commission for a major public work in New York City. She worked on the design of the statue in Rome, from 1861 until its completion in 1868. Cast in Munich, it was finally dedicated in Central Park five years later.
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5. angel of the waters—that is, presiding over the waters. O Lord—omitted by A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and Andreas. and shalt be—A, B, C, Vulgate, and Andreas for this clause read, " (which art and wast) holy."
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At the top of the Fountain is the sculpture Angel of the Waters, a bronze figure of a robed angel with raised wings. She delicately steps on a stone which spouts forth water. The water cascades down from the sculpture into two basins and fills a large circular pool.
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The four cherubim below the angel represent health, purity, temperance and peace. At the time of the sculpture's dedication in 1873, this particular imagery would have been understood to reference the temperance movement.
Angel at the Healing Waters of Bethesda by John LaFarge Art Renewal
The Angel of the Waters stands atop a large monument that was commissioned by George Robert White, a well-known Boston philanthropist. Mr. White made his fortune with the Weeks and Potter Drug Company in Malden, MA, which he eventually bought and renamed the Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation.
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According to Burns — and to Kushner himself, who appears as a talking head in the sequence and discusses the fountain and its sculpture in moving terms — the Angel of the Waters originally commemorated the Union's naval dead. Though Kushner doesn't make the explicit connection to his play, anyone who's seen Angels realizes why Burns.
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The Angel of the Waters, Central Park, New York City Emma Stebbins' world famous fountain in Central Park is the inspiration for our our Holmes County Fountain. Pictured below is our first piece of concept art for The Bethesda Fountain, Millersburg. cc_license,Kandukuru Nagarjun
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Description. In their 1858 Greensward Plan, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux called the architectural heart of the Park "The Water Terrace," for its placement beside the Lake and the grand fountain in the center. Once the Angel of the Waters fountain was unveiled in 1873, however, the area became forever known as Bethesda Terrace.
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The Angel of the Waters alighted in Central Park with more of a thud than a splash. "All had expected something great, something of angelic power and beauty," The New York Times wrote of the.
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The Terrace is a popular destination for relaxing, people-watching, and admiring the architecture and the scenery. At the center of the Terrace stands Bethesda Fountain, also known as Angel of the Waters, one of the Park's most beloved works of art. Bethesda Terrace was intended as a gathering space for Park visitors.
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Bethesda Fountain - Angel of Waters Bethesda Fountain rises high above Bethesda Terrace, looking over the hundreds of visitors that come every day to enjoy the view of the Lake and relax at the "heart" of the Central Park.
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The Angel of the Waters statue atop the Bethesda Fountain is the 1860s masterpiece of lesbian sculptor Emma Stebbins and was the earliest public artwork by a woman in New York City. In Tony Kushner's AIDS-themed play Angels in America, the statue formed the backdrop of the final scene of the Perestroika section. Header Photo