Celestial Winged Figures of the Republic Two

by Janette Boyd

Title

Celestial Winged Figures of the Republic Two

Artist

Janette Boyd

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Photograph - Photo/texture/digital

Description

Photo is from 1935 Postcard issued by the Boulder Dam Service Bureau, when it was called Boulder Dam instead of Hoover Dam.

Featured by FAA Group, "Exploration Photography"

This is the work of artist Oskar J.W. Hansen. He was commissioned to create art for the project to honor and commemorate the building and completion of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). His basic plan was accepted after a competition that was held in the early 1930s by the US Reclamation Service.
Celestial Postions, A Universal Calendar

The memorial is the centerpiece of Hansen's work, it consists of two winged sculptures. Surrounding the base is a terrazzo floor, inlaid with a star chart/celestial map. The chart preserves for future generations the exact date on which President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Dam. In the center of the floor are the important stars and features of the Polar region of the sky as they would appeared at 8:56pm 2.25 secs local apparent time on September 30, 1935 when the structure was dedicated.

Hansen created one of the modern world's most exact time reference. It is designed to be understood symbolically even if the English language had long since been replaced. It assumes that the future society that discovers this inlay understands the math and physics concepts of the mid 20th century. Using a base symbolic representation and then adding more exact complexity would be the best chance to relate the details of when this structure was built.
https://www.quora.com/At-the-Hoover-Dam-what-is-the-meaning-of-this-memorial-inlay-with-the-word-Alcyone

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November 7th, 2016

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