Angel of the West | |
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Artist | Julian Voss-Andreae |
Year | 2008 |
Type | Stainless steel |
Dimensions | 3.7 m × 3.7 m × 1.2 m (12 ft × 12 ft × 4 ft) |
Location | Jupiter, Florida, United States |
26°53′07″N 80°06′44″W / 26.885207°N 80.112226°W | |
Owner | The Scripps Research Institute |
Angel of the West is an outdoor sculpture in Jupiter, Florida, United States. The sculpture was made in 2008 by German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae. Referencing British sculptor Antony Gormley's monumental 1998 piece Angel of the North it was created based on an antibody structure published by E. Padlan [1] for the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute. [2] The antibody is placed into a ring referencing Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man highlighting the similar proportions of the antibody and the human body. [3]
Angel of the West | |
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Artist | Julian Voss-Andreae |
Year | 2008 |
Type | Stainless steel |
Dimensions | 3.7 m × 3.7 m × 1.2 m (12 ft × 12 ft × 4 ft) |
Location | Jupiter, Florida, United States |
26°53′07″N 80°06′44″W / 26.885207°N 80.112226°W | |
Owner | The Scripps Research Institute |
Angel of the West is an outdoor sculpture in Jupiter, Florida, United States. The sculpture was made in 2008 by German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae. Referencing British sculptor Antony Gormley's monumental 1998 piece Angel of the North it was created based on an antibody structure published by E. Padlan [1] for the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute. [2] The antibody is placed into a ring referencing Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man highlighting the similar proportions of the antibody and the human body. [3]