The Weeping Maidens of The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts 5D18127
by San Francisco
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The Weeping Maidens of The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts 5D18127
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San Francisco
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The Weeping Maidens of The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts 5D18127
The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is still situated on its original site. It was rebuilt in 1965, and renovation of the lagoon, walkways, and a seismic retrofit were completed in early 2009.
Ornamentation includes Bruno Louis Zimm's three repeating panels around the entablature of the rotunda, representing "The Struggle for the Beautiful", symbolizing Greek culture. while Ulric Ellerhusen supplied the weeping women atop the colonnade and the sculptured frieze and allegorical figures representing Contemplation, Wonderment and Meditation.
-wikipedia
The statues at the top of the columns depict weeping maidens longing for their dead soldiers lost in the Panama Canal Zone war.
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