I don't wanna withhold Vigeland's great work from you and I think, especially if you won't manage to come here to Oslo for a visit one day, you should have a look at the pictures. As there is so much to see you will find a vast collection of pictures below.
Vigelandsparken - or due to its location in the Oslo district of Frogner also called Frognerparken - is really a very very beautiful park. I very much like going there on a sunny, warm day with a book, my Norwegian learning stuff or simply with friends and visitors for a picnic.
The Bridge:
58 of the park's sculptures reside along the Bridge, a 100 m long, 15 m wide connection between the main entrance gate and the fountain. All are clad in bronze and contribute to the “Human Condition” theme of the park. Here visitors will find one of the park's most popular statues, the "little bad angry boy".
The Fountain:
Originally designed to stand in front of the Parliament in Eidsvolls Plass, the fountain was fabricated from bronze and adorned with 60 individual bronze reliefs. Portraying children and skeletons in the arms of giant trees, the fountain suggests that from death comes new life. On the ground surrounding the fountain lies an 1,800 m² mosaic laid in black and white granite. It took Vigeland a great deal of time to establish the monument: from 1906 to 1947.
The Monolith:
At the highest point in the park lies the park's most popular attraction, the monolith "Monolitten" - fabricated from one (greek: mono) solid piece of stone (greek: lith). The design process took Vigeland ten months and beginning in 1929 it took 3 stone carvers 14 years to accomplish this masterpiece. The monolith towers 14.12 m high and is comprised of 121 human figures rising towards the sky. This is meant to represent man’s desire to become closer with the spiritual and divine. It portrays a feeling of togetherness as the human figures embrace one another as they are carried towards salvation.
The Monolith Plateau:
The monolith plateau is a platform made of stairs that houses the Monolith totem itself. 36 figure groups reside on the elevation bringing with them the “circle of life” message.
This one below is my favourite :-)
Access to the monolith plateau is made via eight figural gates forged in wrought iron. The gates were designed between 1933 and 1937 and erected shortly after Vigeland died in 1943.
The Wheel of Life:
At the end of the 850-meter-long axis lies a sundial, forged in 1930, and finally the Wheel of Life, crafted in 1933-34. The wheel is more or less a wreath depicting four people and a baby floating in harmony. It is a symbol of eternity and implies the overall theme of the park: man’s journey from the cradle to the grave.
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