Daniel Chester French Truth 1900 plaster modello Art Institute of Chicago |
Edmund von Weber Phryne 1902 marble Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth |
Constantin Meunier The Miner 1904 bronze relief Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Naum Lvovich Aronson Bust of Beethoven 1905 patinated plaster Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
Auguste Rodin The Tempest before 1910 marble relief Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Benedetto D'Amore War Memorial (detail) 1926 bronze and marble Monumento ai Caduti di Matera |
Adolfo Wildt Bust of Fabio Filzi (killed in battle, 1916) 1928 marble Monumento alla Vittoria, Bolzano |
Adolfo Wildt Bust of Damiano Chiesa (killed in battle, 1916) 1928 marble Monumento alla Vittoria, Bolzano |
Mario Moschi War Memorial (central panel) 1928-30 marble relief Monumento ai Caduti di Poggio a Caiano |
Mario Moschi War Memorial (side panel) 1928-30 marble relief Monumento ai Caduti di Poggio a Caiano |
from Memorial Sonnets
By many a saint and many a scholar led,
I devised dreams where death was so assailed
That grief became a source where beauty fed.
My dear, my dear . . . the reasoned dream has failed.
Let nobler hearts, or those who loved you less,
Become with sorrow beautiful and wise;
I only know, upon your nothingness
I stare with cold uncomprehending eyes.
Love cannot glorify the loss of love,
Nor loneliness exalt an empty room,
Nor any gracious solace lift above
The cold ironic shadow of a tomb
Whose simple breadth no fire of faith can span
By any pledge of any God or man.
– Marjorie Meeker (1925)
William Reid Dick Winged Figure ca. 1930 bronze Tate Gallery |
Giulio Cozzoli Idealized Farmer ca. 1936 marble Palazzo della Provincia, Bari |
Giulio Cozzoli Idealized Sailor ca. 1936 marble Palazzo della Provincia, Bari |
Henry Moore Warrior with Shield 1953-54 bronze Minneapolis Institute of Art |
Leonard McComb Young Man Standing 1963-83 bronze and gold-leaf Tate Gallery |