Statues (muses) sur le toit du Clarendon Building, Oxford, Royaume-Uni. En remplacement des originaux, ils sont faits de fibre de verre.

• Contributeur: Bridget Catterall / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2JGWDXD
• Taille du fichier: 120,7 MB (3,2 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 7952 x 5304 px | 67,3 x 44,9 cm | 26,5 x 17,7 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 9 juillet 2022
• Lieu: Bodlean Library, Oxford, UK

Informations supplémentaires

In 1717 Sir James Thornhill designed and made nine lead figures of the muses to be installed on its roof. In Greek mythology the nine muses were ethereal beings who protected the arts, but that wasn’t enough to save them from the Oxfordshire winds. Because the statues were not secured properly, the muses Euterpe - representing music and song - and Melpomene - representing tragedy - fell and shattered. The missing muses were not replaced until 1974, when fibreglass replicas were made by Richard Kindersley from the original drawings. We tied them down. Source: https://bodleianlibs.tumblr.com/post/154245287830/if-youve-been-to-oxford-youll-probably-have

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