The Magnificent Splendour Never Dies.

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La mort d'Hyacinthe (The Death of Hyacinth) by Jean Broc, 1801. Oil on canvas.

The divine hero Hyacinth was the lover of the god Apollo, who cradles his body in the painting above. While the two played discus, the West Wind Zephyr - who blows Apollo’s cape - threw the disc off course out of jealousy, with it striking Hyacinth and killing him.

However, when the hero died, Apollo refused to let Hades take him; rather, he willed his lover’s spilled blood into the flower now known as a hyacinth. According to Ovid, Apollo’s grief-stricken tears stained the newly formed petals, and the flower still stands as a symbol of rebirth.

 

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Although it's been mentioned elsewhere, in at least 2 different threads, I think that the restored Notre Dame Cathedral is worthy of Magnificent Splendor

 

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https://watchingcloudsdriftingby.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F768530146357559296

 

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[Alistair]

It’s called the Angel of Death Victorious. Due to an effect of weathering and erosion on the bronze, the statue appears to be weeping black tears at all times.

Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Ohio. Burial site of John D. Rockefeller and President James A. Garfield. It’s a unique place I’d recommend visiting if you’re every in Cleveland.

 

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[Alistair]

Wes Hempel Optimism 2016

 

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Stress by Yoan Capote - made of bronze and concrete

 

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