Hugebiscus

August 6, 2014 by gaby in Cambridge and tagged flower, giant, green, hand, hibiscus, Hibiscus moscheutos, leaf-veins, leaves, Nexus 5, pink, pistil, pollen, red, size, summer, white, yellow | 1 Comment

2014-08-06 Huge Hibiscus moscheutos flower 🙂

Science

August 1, 2013 by gaby in Boston and tagged 1911, aesthete, American flag, architecture, art, Bela Lyon Pratt, BL Pratt, black, blue, Boston Public Library, bronze, characteristic, Copley, creation, dress, droplets, face, female, granite, green, hand, hood, iPhone, materials, McKim building, metal, old, rain, raindrops, red, sculpture, serious, sphere, Stars and Stripes, sun, sunlight, tree, white, woman | Leave a comment

This is Science, Art’s sister. She is more serious and not much of an aesthete, but she’s great with numbers and facts.

Created by: Bela Lyon Pratt, year: 1911, location: Boston Public Library, materials: bronze and granite, characteristic: sphere.

Art

July 31, 2013 by gaby in Boston and tagged 1911, aesthete, American flag, architecture, art, Bela Lyon Pratt, BL Pratt, black, blue, Boston Public Library, bronze, characteristics, Copley, creation, dress, droplets, face, female, granite, hand, hood, iPhone, materials, McKim building, metal, old, paintbrush, palette, rain, raindrops, red, sculpture, Stars and Stripes, sun, sunlight, white, woman | Leave a comment

This is Art, she was created by Bela Lyon Pratt in 1911 and sits in front of the Boston Public Library.

Materials: bronze and granite, characteristics: paintbrush and palette.

Take my hand

March 29, 2013 by gaby in Boston and tagged bronze, City hall, hand, Mayor Kevin White, Nikon Coolpix p310, Pablo Eduardo, Quincy Market, sculpture | Leave a comment

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This hand belongs to the bronze statue of former Boston Mayor Kevin Hagan White. He was the Mayor of Boston from 1968 to 1984. Pablo Eduardo, the sculptor, depicted him walking from the City Hall towards Quincy Market in 2006.