Enjoying viewing the design of the Constellation, the hanging Platonic solids structure creating Sheikh Zayed's Image
The Founder's Memorial的点评
点评:We four senior joined a Half Day Abu Dhabi City Tour. Tour guide leaded us to stop by the Founder's Memorial.
A monumental artwork to honor the founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan who died in 2004. The Constellation artwork consists of 1,110 stainless steel cables to hold 1,327 “platonic solid”geometric shapes, weighing 250 tons. There are only five platonic solids and each one is made up of a series of identical faces and corners. Renowned for their beauty, these shapes have inspired artists and scientists for millennia.
Within The Constellation, platonic solids are used to represent individual stars. As envisaged by the artist Ralph Helmick a portrait of the founding father is revealed through this celestial constellation.
翻译:我们四位老人参加了阿布扎比半日城市游。导游带我们参观了国父纪念碑。
这是一幅纪念国父谢赫·扎耶德·本·苏丹·阿勒纳哈扬的纪念性艺术品,他于 2004 年去世。星座艺术品由 1,110 根不锈钢缆绳组成,可支撑 1,327 个“柏拉图立体”几何形状,重达 250 吨。只有五个柏拉图立体,每个都由一系列相同的面和角组成。这些形状以其美丽而闻名,几千年来一直激发着艺术家和科学家的灵感。
在星座中,柏拉图立体用于表示单个恒星。正如艺术家 Ralph Helmick 所设想的那样,通过这个天体星座展现了国父的肖像。