Newton, sometimes known as Newton after Blake, is a 1995 work by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi. The large bronze sculpture is displayed on a high plinth in the piazza outside the British Library in London .

2016年3月20日 · Statue of Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1995, in the Piazza of the British Library. The statue was based on an extremely rare colour print and watercolour of Newton by William Blake which is now in the Tate Gallery .

At the moment, Newton is the only statue at the British Library to be given a voice but it won’t be too long before he is joined by the statue of William Shakespeare which stands in the entrance hall of the Library.

Certainly 'limited by reason' are not words appropriate to a library. 2020: On the unveiling of the Mary Wollstonecraft memorial displaying a naked woman, historian Dr Hannah Greig, was moved to investigate whether any of the hundreds of statues of …

2017年5月15日 · We love the Paolozzi sculpture outside The British Library. This is one that any visitor to the British Library can't miss. The colossal statue depicts a seated Isaac Newton bent over a...

The maquette by Paolozzi is for a sculpture commissioned by British Library at St Pancras, London. The sculpture is based on William Blake’s engraving of Newton. Blake was known to hold anti-scientific views and was antagonistic to Newtonian rationalism.

2023年6月28日 · It boasts an extensive collection of books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints, drawings, patents, sound, and music recordings. Some of the most notable pieces include the Magna Carta, the Lindisfarne Gospels, and Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebook.

A naked Newton interrogates the geometries of the universe with his dividers. The 4 m tall bronze was commissioned for the new British Library in 1995, and stands in the piazza near Euston Road. The sculpture is based on a 1795 engraving by William Blake (1757–1827).

Newton, sometimes known as Newton after Blake, is a 1995 work by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi. The large bronze sculpture is displayed on a high plinth in the piazza outside the British Library in London .

2017年5月19日 · Installed in the British Library ‘s courtyard off Euston Road in 1997, the 12 foot high bronze is based on a large watercolour by Romantic Age poet and artist William Blake, one of a series of 12 he produced in Lambeth in the 1790s. It’s on show at the Tate Britain. The statue was given a voice in 2014 as part of the Talking Statues project.