The Most Beautiful Public Sculpture : A Drop of Mercury


	The Most Beautiful Public Sculpture : A Drop of Mercury

amgumen

8-10-2008 10:37 PM

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8-11-2008 10:42 PM

rvnurse2b

yes, I've been there and seen it. While it is sort of interesting, it still reminds me of a chrome bicycle helmet!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d1844eb6-99e4-4216-b400-6dd70296a2e4/C390DEE6-487B-42C8-96EE-EAC079D57FC3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://freshome.com/2008/08/04/the-most-beautiful-public-sculpture-a-drop-of-mercury/" href="http://freshome.com/2008/08/04/the-most-beautiful-public-sculpture-a-drop-of-mercury/" style="font-size: 11px;">freshome.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://freshome.com/2008/08/04/the-most-beautiful-public-sculpture-a-drop-of-mercury/"><P>Here on Freshome I try to gather all kind of inspiring things for homes from around the internet, and today I’ve found something that is really beautiful and also inspiring but not related to home design or interior design. What I’ve found is a public sculpture by Anish Kapoor in Millennium Park, Chicago, that is called Cloud Gate. The sculpture is shaped like an ellipse, and its legume-like appearance has caused it to be nicknamed “<STRONG>The Bean</STRONG>”. 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://freshome.com/2008/08/04/the-most-beautiful-public-sculpture-a-drop-of-mercury/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/freshome.com/img/4964A222-73A1-45A4-B2DC-FE08A1CD5863" 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://freshome.com/2008/08/04/the-most-beautiful-public-sculpture-a-drop-of-mercury/">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. 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