Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm glad I signed up for the tour. The long gallery shot might have been difficult if the museum was modestly busy. On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 1:36 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I flew from Helsinki to Copenhagen on Wednesday afternoon to start my > short vacation in Denmark. I started Thursday by visiting my parents? > graves in the morning, and then I spent the rest of the day walking around > the city. The weather was dry and about 10 degrees warmer than Helsinki, so > no complaints on that score. > > On a bit of whim, I decided to visit the Thorvaldsen museum. Bertel > Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) was born and educated in Copenhagen, but then moved > to Rome where he spent much of the rest of his life, making works for > popes, kings and assorted other rich and powerful people around Europe. He > returned to Copenhagen six years before his death and set up the museum > that houses his works, near the Christiansborg Palace which today houses > Denmark?s Parliament. Thorvaldsen?s grave is at the centre of the inner > courtyard of the museum. I have walked past this building a thousand times > (maybe exaggerating slightly?) but had never gone inside until Thursday. > Four images. > > The building: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4M7rpVv/A > > The museum is popular with people practicing drawing; the sculpture make > for the patient models: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XZrdLJw/A > > As can be seen in the previous photo, Thorvaldsen used many classical > motives in his work. But I was especially drawn to his sculptures of great > writers and scientists. A couple of examples, starting with Lord Byron: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HHvcHh6/A > > And then Johann Gutenberg, holding his Bible, the first printed book ever: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cmXBbq8/A > > The rest of the day was less cultural but I very much enjoyed this visit > to one of the great Danes of the past. Next year Copenhagen will be > celebrating the 250th anniversary of Thorvaldsen?s birth, so there will be > many exhibitions and other events. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com