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44NATHAN β Ex Nihilo
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Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness)The tympanum of the center portal is a representation of the instant of humankindβs creation. The carving depicts eight half-formed men and women, representing life. They appear to me struggling as they emerge from the great void.
Artist : Frederick Hart, 1947
Sculptors: Vincent Palumbo, Walter Arnold, Gerald Lynch and Patrick Plunkett, 1982
Center Portal of the Western Facade
Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC
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i saw this up close. they all have really attractive facial features
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It's one of FH's greatest works, in my estimation, and not for its religious imagery. It is a universal image.
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it's quite strange, somewhere, but it is also beautiful ...
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