Spiritualized life - Winged Victory edit vintage black & white

Previously I used a picture in one of the black & white contests and stated that this was one of my favourite statues to photograph.  I'll probably end up posting various pictures of this statue over time.   Here is a black & white version I took and edited on my iPhone. I happen to like the vintage feeling I get from this photograph.  

The statue was created by artist and sculptor Charles Adrian Pillars, 1870-1937.

Title: Spiritualized Life, (sculpture).

Other Titles: Winged Victory, (sculpture).

Life, (sculpture).

Dates: 1924. Dedicated Dec. 25, 1924.

Medium: Bronze on a
concrete base.

On the dedication plaque reads:

In memoriam/Dedicated to the citizens of Florida/Who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War/1914-1918 (On another plaque:) Hereon reposes an/Indelible record of the/Twelve hundred and twenty/Names of those to whom/This memorial/Was reverently dedicated/On Christmas Day 1924 (On another plaque:) Completed and conveyed/To the city of Jacksonville, Florida/AD 1924 (On another plaque:) Erected in gratitude/By the citizens of Duval County, Florida

A sculpture in which six youthful figures appear to be emerging from a swirling globe-shaped mass. The figures are nude and are positioned on a diagonal encircling the globe. Atop the globe is a standing male nude with wings. His proper left arm is stretched out to the side. His proper right arm is stretched up above his head and he holds a branch in his proper right hand. He wears a wreath on his head and is sleek and youthful. The sculpture is in the centre
of a polygonal concrete basin with spiral ridges converging in the centre
. Two steps lead from the concrete and brick plaza to the basin.

The monument represents "Spiritualized Life symbolized by the winged figure of youth rising triumphantly from the swirl of war's chaos which engulfs humanity and facing the future courageously."

A parchment scroll with the names of the men who died in the war was sealed in a lead box which in turn was sealed in a copper box and placed in the cornerstone of the monument.

Memorializes soldiers from Florida killed in WW I. Unveiled on Christmas Day 1924.

If you like what you've read and the pictures you have seen then you may want to see my past and future posts like these here:

• Older introduction picture that didn't make the original cut
• Saturday ColorChallenge - Indigo - Indigo Hydrangea
• Dreamy and perfect little blossoms.

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Picture was taken by me and information has been collected from various places mostly from the Florida Times-Union which is the main newspaper from Jacksonville, Florida.  

Other posts by me that has to do with this statue Winged Victory can be found here as well:

• Creative view of Winged Victory
• Sixth Day Black & White Challenge - Silhouette of Winged Victory Statue
• Second Day Black & White Challenge - Winged Victory Statue @ Jacksonville, Fl

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