Cloud Gate - "The Bean"


	Cloud Gate - "The Bean"

JohnWaterman

7-19-2008 5:18 PM

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7-19-2008 6:28 PM

Socratoad

Mere words do not suffice!

7-20-2008 7:52 AM

suzikoh

Beautiful..... Awe-ispiring...
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The sculpture is shaped like an ellipse, and its legume-like appearance has caused it to be nicknamed “The Bean”. It is made of 168 highly polished stainless steel plates, and stands at 33 feet high, 66 feet long, and 42 feet wide, weighing 110 tons.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.soothbrush.com/cloud-gate-chicago-sculpture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.soothbrush.com/img/E71226A2-2DCA-4F8E-93FC-CC5B8F8815EE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.soothbrush.com/cloud-gate-chicago-sculpture/"><P>From a distance it could be mistaken for a huge drop of mercury, while up close its highly reflective surface captures and transforms the skyline, the downtown cityscape and even the passers-by into a wonderfully warped new vista. The artist, Anish Kapoor, has referred to the sculpture as “a gate to Chicago, a poetic idea about the city it reflects.” The 12-foot underbelly is called the “omphalos” or navel and multiplies reflections in a vortex.<SPAN id="more-15"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.soothbrush.com/cloud-gate-chicago-sculpture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.soothbrush.com/img/E8C40CF9-9BF3-4309-BFAD-D4C409A81B62" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.soothbrush.com/cloud-gate-chicago-sculpture/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.soothbrush.com/img/BA8E96EB-F77D-45E9-86DF-52692A439593" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.soothbrush.com/cloud-gate-chicago-sculpture/"><P>Image Sources : <A target="_blank" title="Flickr:Go get your morning bean" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceman9294/2365554877/">1</A>, <A target="_blank" title="Flickr : Cloud Gate" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceman9294/2368787728/">2</A>, <A target="_blank" href="http://mogadala.wordpress.com">3</A>, <A target="_blank" title="Flickr: Chicago Lays an Egg" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/216248156/">4</A>, <A target="_blank" title="Flickr: Peeking through the Bean" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7799821@N02/2474205880/">5</A>, <A target="_blank" title="Flickr:Ohhhh Chicago" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7799821@N02/2473343691/in/photostream/">6</A>, <A target="_blank" title="The Bean, Millennium Park" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaplanbr/1537249553/">7</A>, <A target="_blank" title="The Bean, Millennium Park" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaplanbr/1537249553/">8</A>, <A target="_blank" title="the bean" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richietown/1162006696/">9</A>, <A target="_blank" title="i guess this is like a giant shiny bean" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mchasesteely/2370185870/">10</A><A target="_blank" title="the bean" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richietown/1162006696/"> </A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/39C58D2C-4583-46E1-8FFD-48772FAE966C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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