On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Alas, the statue is still there. Ghastly, IMHO, and it's been made > tacky as well as ugly:
"We are pleased to announce that the statue of Isaac Newton by artist and sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi on the British Library’s piazza has been given a voice as part of the exciting new project, Talking Statues." Egad, that is indeed tacky! Sounds like something Disney would do. At least Newton has a proper memorial in Westminster Abby. When we visited there, my wife and I sought all the memorials to scientists and authors, but we couldn't find Newton's. I asked a docent, and he smiled and waved his arm in a large upward sweep, saying, "Why, there it is!" It was so large and magnificent that we had actually overlooked it by looking among the modest plaques and markers on much lower levels devoted to lesser luminaries, Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
