MERIDIAN, IDAHO
This free-standing sculpture celebrates the significant musical, scientific, literary and artistic contributions made during the Renaissance. Each portal portrays an iconic symbol which signifies the impact of each medium during this transitional period in European history; the largest portal displaying the Vitruvian Man representing math and science, the medium with the Creation of Adam portraying the fine arts, and the smallest with the quill pen and the Stradivarius violin signifying literature and music. The structures of the portals were influenced by Renaissance era architecture, with primary colored panels blending together to make multiple colors that cast beautiful mosaics on the ground. The position of “Illuminations” was engineered to radiate a marker on the ground representing Spring Solstice, the beginning of spring, or revival – a corresponding concept of the Renaissance, as it means rebirth.
