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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/10/2019: (re)discovering Thorvaldsen
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 05:41:51 -0600
References: <82AFCB5C-0FC5-4554-B474-389D4ACC3818@frozenlight.eu>

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
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> 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
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> 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
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> And then Johann Gutenberg, holding his Bible, the first printed book ever:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cmXBbq8/A
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> 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
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Don
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