What work of art is this?

[ChoralScholar]

it's on Fairbanks ave. in Chicago, across from the Chicago City Centre Hotel.

[Elidor]

1. I dunno, but he's flashing a gang sign n/t

[ChoralScholar]

3. fo' shizzle. EOM

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear ChoralScholar...

Looks to me like a painting of a sculpture by Michelangelo......

Moses? Maybe......


It's lovely......


:hi:

[ChoralScholar]

4. I kinda thought so too. EOM

[EFerrari]

7. Or Zeus. They looked a lot alike.

:rofl:

[hyphenate]

5. I don't know who did it

But it looks like Zeus or his Roman equivalent, Jupiter.

On a similar note, have you ever seen Julian Beever's work? He's a 3D sidewalk chalk artist.

Here is one of his images:





You must remember: this is done on a regular sidewalk--a 2 dimenional surface. I find it incredible what he is able to do.


And his website, with lots more pics:
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. Painting of a sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo Buonarotti.

Circa 1515, part of the tomb of Pope Julius II.

Church of San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome.

Moses has horns due to some translation problem, I believe.

[WCGreen]

8. I think he got the horns after talking to the bush....

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Yep!

Here's the original

[Deep13]

10. The "horns" are spikes of light emanating from his head...

...and shining up to heaven. They represent only the part of the light beams closest to his head.