Lady Godiva
The piece that I picked to write about is the first life-sized marble figure accomplished by Anne Whitney, one of America’s well-known women sculptors that worked during the second half of the 19th century. Lady Godiva measures at 67x28x24 inches, the piece was seen on the fourth floor at Dallas Museum of Art on December 22, 2016. This long-forgotten statue was found in a Massachusetts-backyard and was later gifted to the Dallas Museum of Art by Dr. Alessandra Comini. As I walked around in the museum, this statue caught my eye from a distance, at first I thought it was a statue of a saint, but with every inch that I walked closer to the statue, I quickly realized it was something else. I stand in-front of the statue amazed; the statue was detailed from head to toe, so detailed that you can not notice everything at once. With every minute that went by I kept noticing something new; either it was another crease on her veil which was wrapped around her arms or the embroidery on the veil.
Anne Whitney was well known for her full-figured portraits of suffragist and protesters leaders, she communicated her feminist and abolitionist view through her sculpture. Whitney accomplished …show more content…
Godiva agreed to ride through the streets of Coventry naked, to relieve the taxation policy. Whitney wanted her statue of Lady Godiva to be different from the rest; which portray Godiva riding nude on a horse. So, Whitney decided to sculpt the moment Godiva accepted her husband’s challenge, which was to ride nude through the streets of Coventry. I think the reason why Whitney picked Lady Godiva to sculpt is to show how free and strong women are. When I see the Lady Godiva statue, I see a woman brave enough to show her vulnerability while remaining strong and true to her beliefs, and standing up for what she thinks is right, making sure her voice is heard loud and
The piece that I picked to write about is the first life-sized marble figure accomplished by Anne Whitney, one of America’s well-known women sculptors that worked during the second half of the 19th century. Lady Godiva measures at 67x28x24 inches, the piece was seen on the fourth floor at Dallas Museum of Art on December 22, 2016. This long-forgotten statue was found in a Massachusetts-backyard and was later gifted to the Dallas Museum of Art by Dr. Alessandra Comini. As I walked around in the museum, this statue caught my eye from a distance, at first I thought it was a statue of a saint, but with every inch that I walked closer to the statue, I quickly realized it was something else. I stand in-front of the statue amazed; the statue was detailed from head to toe, so detailed that you can not notice everything at once. With every minute that went by I kept noticing something new; either it was another crease on her veil which was wrapped around her arms or the embroidery on the veil.
Anne Whitney was well known for her full-figured portraits of suffragist and protesters leaders, she communicated her feminist and abolitionist view through her sculpture. Whitney accomplished …show more content…
Godiva agreed to ride through the streets of Coventry naked, to relieve the taxation policy. Whitney wanted her statue of Lady Godiva to be different from the rest; which portray Godiva riding nude on a horse. So, Whitney decided to sculpt the moment Godiva accepted her husband’s challenge, which was to ride nude through the streets of Coventry. I think the reason why Whitney picked Lady Godiva to sculpt is to show how free and strong women are. When I see the Lady Godiva statue, I see a woman brave enough to show her vulnerability while remaining strong and true to her beliefs, and standing up for what she thinks is right, making sure her voice is heard loud and