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The Great Bronze Doors for the Cathedral Robert Graham
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Item Number: ola4000
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Product Description:
In 1998 sculptor Robert Graham was commissioned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to create the monumental bronze doors which would serve as entryway into the planned Cathedral of Our Lady of Los Angeles, the first major cathedral to be constructed in the United States in the new millennium.
The Great Bronze doors were installed in May, 2002 and the Cathedral itself opens to the public in September, 2002. This book details the process of Graham's work and the iconography of the thirty-foot by thirty-foot, twenty-five ton bronze doors, and puts the work in a historical perspective.
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About the Author:
Robert Graham is an internationally renowned artist who works predominantly in bronze. Since 1964, his work has been the subject of over eighty solo exhibitions and two retrospective exhibitions in the United States, Europe, Japan and Mexico. His work is part of many national and international museum collections.
His civic monuments include: 1984 "Olympic Gateway" to commemorate the XXIIIrd Olympiad in Los Angeles, California; 1986 "Monument to Joe Louis" in Detroit, Michigan; 1994 "The Plumed Serpent" in San Jose, California; 1997 "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington D.C..
First Inaugural and Social Programs: 1997 "Duke Ellington Memorial" in New York City's Central Park; 1999 "Charlie "Bird" Parker Memorial" in Kansas City, Missouri; 2001 "Prologue" to the FDR Memorial, Washington DC; 2002 "The Great Bronze Doors" for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California.
Jack Miles, Senior Advisor to the President of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is the author of God: A Biography which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 and has been translated into sixteen languages, and its 2001 sequel, Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God.
Peggy Fogelman is the Assistant Director for Education and Interpretive Programs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. From 1987 to 2000 she served as the museums Associate Curator of European Sculpture. Noriko Fujinami is the Director of the Robert Graham Studio.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: The Treshold of Transformation - Rev. Richard S. Vosko.
- Our Lady of Los Angeles - Jack Miles
- Robert Graham's Bronze Doors: A Historical Perspective - Peggy Fogelman
- Technical Process and Realization - Noriko Fujinami
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Robert Graham: Biography
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Additional Notes:
The book provides a unique perspective available nowhere else from Robert Graham himself, providing glimpses into the creative design process and the special significance behind the Cathedral's Bronze doors. Reading this book allows one to truly understand and appreciate the beauty and meaning of the Cathedral's bronze doors. Photographs and technical diagrams are a special treat for readers who like to have the full story!
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Product Details:
Hardcover, high color
Pages: 128 (english)
Dim: 10.8" x 8.8" x 0.6" (inches)
Shipping Weight: 2.0 lbs
ISBN: 0-9642-3593-5
Published: 2002
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Robert Graham: The Great Bronze Doors for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
©2002 Wave Publishing, All rights reserved
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