Friday, May 29, 2009

The Nymphs of Italian Lake


These are the Nymphs I promised last Friday, dancing to the pipes of the satyrs hiding below. The fountain in in Italian Lake in Harrisburg, Pa. I did find out this about the sculpture... interesting, very interesting... "In the lower portion of the lake stands a fountain sculpture named "Dance of the Eternal Spring" and that has a story all its own. Created in 1909 by Philadelphia sculptor Giuseppe Donato, it was originally commissioned by Milton Hershey for his gardens. When the piece was completed the three nude dancing nymphs offended the conservative Hershey and he refused to accept it." Read more on this website and find out how it ended up in Harrisburg and what the Polyclinic graduates traditionally did with it.

2 comments:

Arija said...

Those Nymphs certainly know how to frolic!
Nice sky below as well.

Brad Myers said...

I like nymphs, we often take the rigs up to the lake and stare at them for hours. But then again we all have wifes at home, LOL.