I can't say that I'm very impressed by that bronze. Is it my imagination or did they make more poignant, more emotive memorials eighty-ninety years ago? The Canadian memorial of the Second Battle of Ypres, the sculptures at Vimy, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment's baying Caribou at the Somme all bring a tear to the eye. This one of McCrae is a bronze of a guy.
It almost looks corny, considering what our artists are really capable of.
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:39 pm
It doesn't measure up (to me, anyway). Look at the sort of memorial that our people are capable of:
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:47 pm
The McCrae sculpture looks like folk art. ... not impressed ...
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:06 pm
I totally agree, with what we were (are) capable of the McCrae statue looks chintzy....but, on the positive side, they finally got around to erecting them....maybe a century or so late but.....
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:13 pm
Agreed.
We are capable of much more on both counts.
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:18 pm
I agree that it doesn't look that good, but a bronze gets better with age.
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:21 pm
The Samuel de Champlain statue in Québec City, at 117 years old, looks great... Charles de Gaulle, not so good.
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:38 pm
raydan raydan:
The Samuel de Champlain statue in Québec City, at 117 years old, looks great... Charles de Gaulle, not so good.
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