http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1522295 Rene Torres Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1522295 thanks. thanks.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1521931 Bobsyeruncle Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1521931  Well, I for one think the museum would look awesome with a couple of Pasqual Pinon gargoyles staring down.  Well, I for one think the museum would look awesome with a couple of Pasqual Pinon gargoyles staring down.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1521728 Halloween_Jack Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1521728 They can carve 'em up after the stonemasons finish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_John_the_Divine" rel="nofollow">the Cathedral of St. John the Divine</a>. They can carve ‘em up after the stonemasons finish the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1521384 retepslluerb Thu, 30 Aug 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1521384 Just imagine that the statutes are simply hidden in the stone. Just imagine that the statutes are simply hidden in the stone.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1521223 Mark Drop Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1521223 Just noticed those blocks in July on my last visit - I thought it was some sort of sly comment - almost like Michelangelo's slaves left half uncarved. Just noticed those blocks in July on my last visit – I thought it was some sort of sly comment – almost like Michelangelo’s slaves left half uncarved.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520991 Thorzdad Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520991 I kind of like them. It's an "art" thing. Fitting. I kind of like them. It’s an “art” thing. Fitting.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520941 Jorpho Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520941 Unshelved books, perhaps? Unshelved books, perhaps?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520855 Shinkuhadoken Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520855 Clearly it's a tribute to unrealized potential. Clearly it’s a tribute to unrealized potential.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520832 xzzy Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520832 They should do what my elementary school did when I was in second grade.. get kids to paint (or in this case, sculpt out of clay) an image, have a round of judging and voting done by the kids, and the winners got their art enlarged and painted onto the walls of the gym for decoration. They should do what my elementary school did when I was in second grade.. get kids to paint (or in this case, sculpt out of clay) an image, have a round of judging and voting done by the kids, and the winners got their art enlarged and painted onto the walls of the gym for decoration.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520814 Nagurski Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520814 I know a woman in Spain who would love a shot at completing the sculptures.  I know a woman in Spain who would love a shot at completing the sculptures. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520815 knoxblox Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520815 Shhhh! Don't let Cecilia Gimenez know about this... Shhhh! Don’t let Cecilia Gimenez know about this…

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520810 EvilSpirit Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520810 I would imagine there'd be some risk of damaging the sculptures if you did it that way. I would imagine there’d be some risk of damaging the sculptures if you did it that way.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520783 tom.race Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520783  Oxford University Museum has some windows carved, some not.  There was a dispute with the stonemasons, and it remains incomplete.  http://www.placesonline.com/europe/united_kingdom/england/oxford/photo_detail.asp?filename=23299_oxford_university_museum_oxford  Oxford University Museum has some windows carved, some not.  There was a dispute with the stonemasons, and it remains incomplete.  http://www.placesonline.com/europe/united_kingdom/england/oxford/photo_detail.asp?filename=23299_oxford_university_museum_oxford

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html#comment-1520763 Angryjim Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178657#comment-1520763 strange that they were put up there at all if unfinished. The sculptor wouldn't be expected to do the work way up there right? You'd think they'd be sculpted in a studio and lifted into place.. strange that they were put up there at all if unfinished. The sculptor wouldn’t be expected to do the work way up there right? You’d think they’d be sculpted in a studio and lifted into place..

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