Street art · London

The Awakening of Australia

By Harold Parker

Beaux-Arts grief meets classical allegory: a nation personified rouses above fallen figures, part Rodin's Burghers of Calais, part Michelangelo pietà. Carved for Australia House, it mourns WWI sacrifice while awakening to nationhood.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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