Peculiar Sculpture

Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 15 April 2008 in Art & Design.

My brother Walter (not the Lightwriter) and I visited recently a building in the South of our country where were surprised to find a peculiar sculpture from an hitherto unknown culture in Italy. It represents the Three Wise Men known from the Christmas story, caged behind bars, and guarded by two Roman soldiers, carved into the doors. The whole was covered by a leather roof and stood on an oak table surrounded by a rope. There was a text on a sign with an explanation: it came from Nordo-Laziomonterese, which sounded rather Italian. Back home I searched it on Google and found this site that explained everything.

On the picture you see my brother in complete astonishment.

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Comments (13)

saeed from Iran

very nice shot.

15 Apr 2008 1:23am

e. from New York, NY, United States

Wow, that's incredible! I would definitely be astonished as well. Great capture!

15 Apr 2008 1:55am

Rags from Plano, United States

it really is a weird looking sculpture. Thanks for sharing it with us.

15 Apr 2008 2:30am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

IMPRESSIVE piece of art.

15 Apr 2008 3:57am

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Wow! this is incredible, who could fail to be amazed by something this wonderful.
Thank you for the link Erik, I will go and have a look now :)

15 Apr 2008 4:33am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

What a candid, and how amazing...now I have to go read the text, way to go Erik :)

15 Apr 2008 5:31am

Rabbit from Richmond, United States

This sculpture has such an odd assortment of shapes together and yet it somehow all works - i bet when the doors are closed it appers to look a little like a mushroom.

15 Apr 2008 5:41am

Dhini from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Nice shot

15 Apr 2008 5:55am

vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada

Hi, I am back online and checking out your latest photos. Good work, as always. In this one the sculpture is very interesting and it is nice to meet another one of your brothers!

15 Apr 2008 7:51am