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Monday, May 17, 2010

Wings

Angel of Grief is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story which serves as the grave stone of the artist and his wife at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome, Italy.

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

12 comments:

  1. What a beautiful sculpture, and such gorgeous pictures of it - I love how you've composed the collage - wonderful!

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  2. I wish I had seen this on one of my two recent visits to Rome. I probably won't get back but, at least, you've been so kind to share it with us.

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  3. I think this is beautiful, love the words as well. gorgeous.

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  4. beautiful study

    love the quote

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  5. I remember seeing this sculpture in Rome...lovely arrangement of photos and words!

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  6. Extremely powerful & profound. Such a great experience, thanks for this!

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  7. Stunning mosaic and one of my all-time favorite quotes!

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  8. So happy I could enlarge this collage to see all the detail...gorgeous!

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  9. Isn't it great to get so entrolled by something that we see beauty here there and everywhere. Really nice.

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  10. i love this sculpture...i didn't know if even existed until one wonderful day i found it in Roma.

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