by Susan | Jul 29, 2019 | Monuments
This sculpture was installed in 2000 in a courtyard at Georgetown University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. According to the artist, Michael Alfano, ethics means the study of ideal conduct. To that end, the sculpture tries to provide a model for the ideal conduct...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2019 | Monuments
The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace are bronze statue groups on Lincoln Memorial Circle in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C.. Commissioned in 1929 to complement the plaza constructed on the east side of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the Arlington Memorial...
by Susan | Jul 8, 2019 | Monuments
Apotheosis of Democracy is on the United States Capitol House of Representatives portico’s east front in Washington, D.C. The pediment’s center focal point is the figure of allegorical Peace, which is dressed in armor and is depicted protecting Genius....
by Susan | Feb 19, 2018 | Monuments
“28 Blocks” by New York artist Garin Baker is on the Metropolitan Branch Trail: a pedestrian and cyclist commuter trail in Northeast Washington. It is visible from the New York Ave. Bridge. The mural is a tribute to the men — many of whom were the first and second...
by Susan | Nov 27, 2017 | Monuments
It is perhaps a stretch to call the Teddy Roosevelt memorial a peace monument, as the only reference to peace on the four slabs that are engraved with his quotations falls not on the side of peace. “If I must chose between righteousness and peace, I chose...
