Street art · Amsterdam
Photo: Marion Golsteijn, CC BY-SA 3.0
Levensboom
By Henry Renfurn
On a quiet Amsterdam roundabout, a bronze tree splits into wing-like canopy while human figures climb and cling to its trunk — 'Levensboom' (Tree of Life) fuses folk-art symbolism with the figurative bronze tradition of Rodin-era sculpture.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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