Indianapolis, Indiana, Is a beautiful city. It is home to numerous war memorials, second only to Washington, DC. However, it is a long way from my home town in Louisiana and not only in distance. I relocated to Indiana temporarily for a job almost a year ago, before the job was completed I was asked to take a permanent position. So my new ‘home’ town is now Indianapolis. I decided to embrace this with this essay, so I began to look for a site-specific public sculptor that has meaning to Hoosiers, even adopted ones. It took me all of 10 minutes and a couple of friends, to discover the answer.
The Sculptor that is meaningful to Hoosiers is the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument, or the more widely used nickname, Monument Circle. This …show more content…
(History of… Victory., n.d., 2) In 1889 the Monument Commission sent a letter to the Indiana Senate and Congressional delegation, asking for federal appropriation of $60,000 to help with the cost of statuary to embellish the monument. The delegation responded that they approved of the project, however, they could not use federal funds to assist with the project because it was a state project. (A Vision for., n.d., 2) In 1902 cost $598,318. To build a similar structure today it would cost more than an estimated five hundred million dollars. (Colonel Eli., n.d., 3) News and commission reports from that time indicate that community organizations were responsible for raising funds. (Colonel Eli., n.d., …show more content…
Bruno brought sculptor, Rudolf Schwartz, with him when he began construction. Schwartz sculpted, “War” and ‘Peace”, “The Dying Soldier”, and ‘The Homefront”. (Colonel Eli., n.d., 3) George Brewster, who was winner of a competition held in 1889 to sculpt the figure “Liberty” to crown the top of the monument. His “crowning figure” drew much praise, he also created two astragals, one representing naval. (History of… Victory., n.d., 5) Another contributor, Nicolaus Geiger, who created the Army astragal. (Soldiers & Sailors, n.d., 2) Franklin Simmons, created a bronze sculpture of Oliver P Morton, a Civil War-era governor, that was placed in City Park around 1857, it was included into the monument. John H. Mahoney then created three other statues to reflect Indiana’s participation in earlier conflicts of General George Rogers Clark, Governor William Henry Harrison and Governor James Whitcomb, which were all of similar scale to Simmons’ statue. (Soldiers & Sailors, n.d., 3) The monument was completed in 1901. (Colonel Eli., n.d.,
The Sculptor that is meaningful to Hoosiers is the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument, or the more widely used nickname, Monument Circle. This …show more content…
(History of… Victory., n.d., 2) In 1889 the Monument Commission sent a letter to the Indiana Senate and Congressional delegation, asking for federal appropriation of $60,000 to help with the cost of statuary to embellish the monument. The delegation responded that they approved of the project, however, they could not use federal funds to assist with the project because it was a state project. (A Vision for., n.d., 2) In 1902 cost $598,318. To build a similar structure today it would cost more than an estimated five hundred million dollars. (Colonel Eli., n.d., 3) News and commission reports from that time indicate that community organizations were responsible for raising funds. (Colonel Eli., n.d., …show more content…
Bruno brought sculptor, Rudolf Schwartz, with him when he began construction. Schwartz sculpted, “War” and ‘Peace”, “The Dying Soldier”, and ‘The Homefront”. (Colonel Eli., n.d., 3) George Brewster, who was winner of a competition held in 1889 to sculpt the figure “Liberty” to crown the top of the monument. His “crowning figure” drew much praise, he also created two astragals, one representing naval. (History of… Victory., n.d., 5) Another contributor, Nicolaus Geiger, who created the Army astragal. (Soldiers & Sailors, n.d., 2) Franklin Simmons, created a bronze sculpture of Oliver P Morton, a Civil War-era governor, that was placed in City Park around 1857, it was included into the monument. John H. Mahoney then created three other statues to reflect Indiana’s participation in earlier conflicts of General George Rogers Clark, Governor William Henry Harrison and Governor James Whitcomb, which were all of similar scale to Simmons’ statue. (Soldiers & Sailors, n.d., 3) The monument was completed in 1901. (Colonel Eli., n.d.,