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Let There Be Light, (sculpture). Artist:  Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938, sculptor. Title:  Let There Be Light, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: granite; Pylons and semicircular wall: granite. Inscription:  (Front of base, incised:) LET/THERE/BE/LIGHT/(Hebraic inscription) (Front of semicircular wall, incised:) ISAAC WOLFE BERNHEIM Description:  A woman stands with her arms upraised, wearing a long dress and a head covering. The figure is mounted upon a short, inscribed base and is surrounded a low, inscribed, semicircular wall with pylons at each end that flank the figure. On the top of one pylon is the top of a cathedral, and on the top of the other is the top of a temple. The figure is mounted over the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wolfe Bernheim and overlooks a stone, semicircular pool. Subject:  Homage -- Bernheim, Isaac Wolfe, Mr. & Mrs. Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Element -- Light Allegory -- Quality -- Truth Religion -- Judaism Religion -- Christianity Architecture -- Religious -- Church Architecture -- Religious -- Temple Allegory -- Civic Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Clermont Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont Road, Big Meadow Outlook, Clermont, Kentucky 40110 Remarks:  Donated by Isaac Wolfe Bernheim. Nearby plaque reads: Let There Be light/The bronze figure/by the American sculptor George Grey Barnard expresses God's command "Let There be Light."/The granite pylons represent the Jewish and Christian religions./May light, the symbol of life and truth, illumine the paths of good citizenship,/and reason, tolerance and fairness guide/our relationship with fellow men. IAS files contain a historic photo of the monument before a pool was placed before it. IAS files contain related information. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS KY000172   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000172 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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