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 Thermopylae by Dimitri Hadzi - Boston, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 21.642 W 071° 03.586
19T E 330378 N 4691880
Thermopylae, an abstract sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi, is located in the plaza of the JFK Federal Building at 15 New Sudbury St, Boston, MA.
Waymark Code: WMZHNC
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2018
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A ground level bronze plaque near the sculpture provides a description of Thermopylae and it's background. The plaque is inscribed:
"THERMOPYLAE"
DMITRI HADZI, SCULPTOR
"THERMOPYLAE" WHICH IS A 16-FOOT HIGH , 2-1/2 TON BRONZE SCULPTURE WAS INSPIRED
BY "PROFILES IN COURAGE" AND THE BRILLIANT WAR RECORD OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.
IT IS NAMED AFTER THE GREEK BATTLE WHERE THE SPARTANS, IN A DISPLAY OF GREAT
COURAGE FOUGHT THE PERSIANS TO THE LAST MAN.
THOROUGHLY SYMBOLIC IN ITS ABSTRACT SHAPES, BASICALLY ORGANIC IN FORM, THE HEAVY
FORMS CONTRAST WITH THIN, SOLID WITH OPEN, VERTICAL WITH HORIZONTAL, AND ROUND
WITH ANGULAR, THROUGH THE EFFECT OF THE SUN, RAIN AND SNOW ON THE SCULPTURE,
THE VIEWER IS PROVIDED WITH EVERCHANGING VISUAL AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES.
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