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''Persephone'' is an outdoor sculpture by artist Armand Toussaint created ca. 1840. The work sits within the center of a pool in Holcomb Gardens on the grounds of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture depicts the Greek goddess Persephone. In 1993 the sculpture was examined by the Save Outdoor Sculpture! program produced by the Smithsonian Institution.〔 ==Description== ''Persephone'' depicts the Greek goddess Persephone standing on a limestone base in the center of a concrete octagonal pool. The bronze female figure is draped from the waist down. Her left hand is raised and holds a lit torch of bundled twigs. An inscription on the statue base reads on the left statue base: :AD TOUSSAINT :SCULPTEUR The right side of the base is inscribed: :GRAUX-MARLY :FABT DE BRONZES The front of the base is inscribed just before a 1950 founders mark: :PERSEPHONE :IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLO- :GY, SHE, AS THE DAUGHTER :OF ZEUS AND DEMETER, WAS :WORSHIPPED AS THE GODDESS :OF VEGETATION, RETURNING :EACH SPRING FROM THE REALM :OF HADES TO HERALD THE :SEASON OF GROWTH, AND IN :WINTER DISAPPEARING TO PASS :HER TIME, LIKE THE SEED, :UNDER THE EARTH. THE STATUE :WAS EXECUTED IN PARIS ABOUT :1840 BY ARMAND TOUSSAINT, :1806-1862. A GIFT OF JAMES :IRVING HOLCOMB〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Persephone (sculpture)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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