Vigeland Sculpture Park
Oslo, Norway - A HumanityAshore Photo Essay
Friday, March 10, 2006
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"That two bodies press convulsively together, man and woman, he fertilizing her, he giving her a budding life, or he planting a seed, a...
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Vigeland park is situated in the district of Oslo called Frogner. This large park is a home for 227 granite and bronze sculptures by Norway&...
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The most photographed sculpture in the park.It is artistically sculptured, but nobody knows why this little boy is crying.
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He always carried a pen and paper to write down the time and place, while working
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He has used his talent to bring out the emotions from child birth to death.
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"These beautiful sculptures have to be admired with the artistic eyes. The Hindu temple sculptures are similar" says Sellathurai S...
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"Wheel of Life" connects men , women and children through happiness, sadness, disappointment, anger and fear. It shows the depth o...
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Most of the sculptures were created in between 1926-1942.
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The focus point of this park is the monolith, which stand in the middle of the park. He started to create the monolith in 1929 and completed...
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Mother's love is beautifully carved in granite
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This park is one of the main tourist attractions in Norway
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His emotions were freely expressed through these scuptures
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At the age of fifteen, he learned wood carving
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Gustav Vigeland has written on an undated drawing that "He who is once bitten by love's snake, never heal"
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When Gustav Vigeland's father died, he had to take care of the rest of the family
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This park is full of snow during winter.More tourists visit the place during summer
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He connects the human life through emotions
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Women have been depicted in many different ways
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The Vigeland Scupture Park-"There's no equal in the whole world"
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