Marble Arch Sculpture

The whole arch is clad in ravaccione a grey white type of carrara marble from italy.

Marble arch sculpture. In 1851 on the initiative of architect and urban planner decimus. For me this made the visit to marble arch worthwhile. Twenty elephant calf sculptures are modeled after real orphaned baby elephants currently in the care of sheldrick wildlife trust. Twenty one bronze life size elephants were unveiled yesterday in london s marble arch by celebrities including stanley johnson and peter egan joined by the sheldrick wildlife trust and 16 local school children to highlight the plight of elephants which face extinction by 2040.

The 33 feet 10 m piece was commissioned to replace an earlier and similar but slightly smaller work horse at water xv this was installed at the same site temporarily but then moved to daylesford gloucestershire the home of sir anthony and lady carole. Describes sculpture on the marble arch at the end of oxford street london on pages on mostly victorian and edwardian art marble arch sculpture marble arch a grand triumphal arch in imperial roman style which has lost much of its grandeur due to the traffic sweeping by was originally designed as an entrance to buckingham palace in the 1820s. Read on for a detailed tour of all its features. The calf sculptures are modelled on orphaned baby elephants in the care of sheldrick wildlife trust highlighting the issue of the wider tragedy when one mother elephant is killed by poachers for her tusks which here are highlighted in blue.

This was the first time marble had been used in this way on any british building. Marble arch is a 19th century white marble faced triumphal arch in london england the structure was designed by john nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d honneur of buckingham palace. Have you ever taken a closer look at marble arch and its sculpture and wondered what it all means and what s it made of.