The Sculptor's Funeral

Episode 71 - The Lincoln Memorial

05.23.2017 - By Jason ArklesPlay

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Daniel Chester French's greatest work is arguably the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. but where does 'greatness' in art come from? Is it given to the artwork by its creator, or is it, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder?

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