The approach to the museum has plenty of attractive greenery, including lots of pale hydrangeas, as well as statues.
One of the things I liked about this statue was that different angles and approaches give you a different dramatic sense of the action.
I vaguely recall from my previous trip that this is supposed to be Theseus (and the companion statue on the right, which I will post later, is supposed to be Hippolyta killing a tiger) but my admittedly cursory search into Fodor's and the Museum's own Handbook of the Collections didn't turn up subject or sculptor. Since the Museum building has a very Grecian look, presumably this is a classical hero being heroic.
It was muggy and overcast most of the time I was in Philly, and the sun was sometimes coming from unfortunate angles when I was wandering by something snap-worthy, so I was experimenting with different settings and angles.
The pictures look one way in the camera, and another when I look at them on my computer at home, and yet another way when I post them here. It wasn't until I saw the enlarged pictures on my computer that I realized several shots had feathers suddenly sprouting out of our hero's head. A bird had landed while I was arranging angles and I didn't notice until I could examine the pictures at leisure.
One of the things I liked about this statue was that different angles and approaches give you a different dramatic sense of the action.
I vaguely recall from my previous trip that this is supposed to be Theseus (and the companion statue on the right, which I will post later, is supposed to be Hippolyta killing a tiger) but my admittedly cursory search into Fodor's and the Museum's own Handbook of the Collections didn't turn up subject or sculptor. Since the Museum building has a very Grecian look, presumably this is a classical hero being heroic.
It was muggy and overcast most of the time I was in Philly, and the sun was sometimes coming from unfortunate angles when I was wandering by something snap-worthy, so I was experimenting with different settings and angles.
The pictures look one way in the camera, and another when I look at them on my computer at home, and yet another way when I post them here. It wasn't until I saw the enlarged pictures on my computer that I realized several shots had feathers suddenly sprouting out of our hero's head. A bird had landed while I was arranging angles and I didn't notice until I could examine the pictures at leisure.
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