At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, there stood a magnificent statue, over six feet high....called "Adam."
In 2002 it shattered into pieces when it toppled off its pedestal.
1. "The life-size marble statue of Adam, carved by Tullio Lombardo (Italian, ca. 1455–1532), is among the most important works of art from Renaissance Venice ... In 2002,Adamwas gravely damaged in an accident. "
Tullio Lombardo s Adam The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2. In the following is a slideshow of "Adam's" restoration.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/a...r=0#slideshow/100000003223702/100000003223725
An analogy is "a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification."
The NYSun offered a profound analogy, ... ....a comparison, in this case, between the statue, 'Adam,' and Adam, the first man.
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3. " The return of Adam to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an exciting moment in the cultural scene in New York — and in more ways than one. The statue... is the first free-standing male nude of the Common Era.
4. The pedestal on which it was resting ... collapsed in 2002, and the six-foot-three-inch tall statue shattered. .... Putting it back together that took more than a decade.
That is something to think about in this age of controversy over the idea of intelligent design.
5. [Intelligent Design] is the idea that the universe and man could have been designed only by a vast intelligence — say, God’s.
This is much ridiculed by the scientific community and the New York Times.
6. The Times reporter, Carol Vogel, marvels at the fact that it took so long to put Adam back together. It took 12 years, though the statue had shattered into only several hundred pieces, 28 of which, Ms. Vogel reports, were “recognizable,” the head among them. The restoration was overseen by ... “dozens of scientists and engineers.”
CatScans were done.
7. Repairs were made to the nose, head, hands, knee, foot, and torso. New, fiberglass pins were used, along with a special adhesive. Laser-mapping technology was used to create a “three-dimensional ‘virtual Adam,’”....
8. ... the museum didn’t have to reassemble the masterpiece atom-by-atom, not to mention quark by quark. Think of all the CatScans that would have required. Imagine, then, what was involved in creating the original statue.
9. Not to mention the original Adam.
10. We’ve always loved the joke about the scientists who go to God to tell Him that He’s no longer needed because they’ve figured out how to make a man. “Show me,” God says. One of the scientists bends down to pick up some dirt.
“Oh, no,” God interrupts. “You have to make your own dirt.”
A Virtual Adam - The New York Sun
In 2002 it shattered into pieces when it toppled off its pedestal.
1. "The life-size marble statue of Adam, carved by Tullio Lombardo (Italian, ca. 1455–1532), is among the most important works of art from Renaissance Venice ... In 2002,Adamwas gravely damaged in an accident. "
Tullio Lombardo s Adam The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2. In the following is a slideshow of "Adam's" restoration.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/a...r=0#slideshow/100000003223702/100000003223725
An analogy is "a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification."
The NYSun offered a profound analogy, ... ....a comparison, in this case, between the statue, 'Adam,' and Adam, the first man.
.
3. " The return of Adam to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an exciting moment in the cultural scene in New York — and in more ways than one. The statue... is the first free-standing male nude of the Common Era.
4. The pedestal on which it was resting ... collapsed in 2002, and the six-foot-three-inch tall statue shattered. .... Putting it back together that took more than a decade.
That is something to think about in this age of controversy over the idea of intelligent design.
5. [Intelligent Design] is the idea that the universe and man could have been designed only by a vast intelligence — say, God’s.
This is much ridiculed by the scientific community and the New York Times.
6. The Times reporter, Carol Vogel, marvels at the fact that it took so long to put Adam back together. It took 12 years, though the statue had shattered into only several hundred pieces, 28 of which, Ms. Vogel reports, were “recognizable,” the head among them. The restoration was overseen by ... “dozens of scientists and engineers.”
CatScans were done.
7. Repairs were made to the nose, head, hands, knee, foot, and torso. New, fiberglass pins were used, along with a special adhesive. Laser-mapping technology was used to create a “three-dimensional ‘virtual Adam,’”....
8. ... the museum didn’t have to reassemble the masterpiece atom-by-atom, not to mention quark by quark. Think of all the CatScans that would have required. Imagine, then, what was involved in creating the original statue.
9. Not to mention the original Adam.
10. We’ve always loved the joke about the scientists who go to God to tell Him that He’s no longer needed because they’ve figured out how to make a man. “Show me,” God says. One of the scientists bends down to pick up some dirt.
“Oh, no,” God interrupts. “You have to make your own dirt.”
A Virtual Adam - The New York Sun