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Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo, is a part of the
Frogner Park west of the city centre.
Frogner Park is
the most famous park in Norway and created by sculptor Gustav
Vigeland between 1907 and 1942.
The statues in the park
depict people engaging in various typically human activity,
dancing, running, wrestling, hugging, holding hands.
Vigeland also included some other statues that are more
abstract such as the "Man attacked by Babies", which shows
an adult male, fighting off a gang of small babies.
Main
attractions to the park is The Monolith. The column is covered
with entwined human bodies and is carved out of a single
block of stone, over 14 meters tall.
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Vigeland Museet
Copenhagen
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
is an art collection of international stature built around
the collection founded by the brewing magnate Carl
Jacobsen (1842-1914). The collection opened its doors to
the public at its present address in 1897. The museum was
named after the brewery Carlsberg and combined with the
word Glyptotek (collection of sculpture).
The collections
include classical Egyptian, Roman and Greek sculptures,
Romanticist sculptures and Golden Age Danish sculptures
and paintings. The Etruscan collection is one of the most
extensive outside Italy and the museum's collection of sculptures
by Rodin are one of the most important collections outside
France.
The museum's collection also includes works by
Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne post-impressionists
such as van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec and Bonnard.
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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The Danish Golden Age
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