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Lands End
Legion of Honor
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Joan of Arc by Anna Huntington
Joan of Arc, nicknamed “The Maid of Orléans” is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years’ War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, transferred to the English for money, put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais, and burned at the stake when she was 19 years old.
Anna Huntington has been on this site before. This piece was one of her earliest public works, exhibited at the Salon of 1910 in Paris. Several replicas were made, and the statue won Anna the Legion of Honor from the French government. In 1927.
She looks to be leading the charge in this one!
There is a lot of exuberant enthusiasm explicit in this sculpture. Thanks, too, for giving us different views. Interesting, though, how our warriors become our heroes. What would the ratio be, do you think, between public sculptures of warriors vs. those involved in medicine, art, science, etc.?
Hope your weekend is filled with fun stuff!
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