High Marble

One of my favorite features of the High Museum of Art is its collection of marble sculptures. Of the 450 posts since launching wanderlust ATLANTA, a former post on "The Veiled Rebekah", a popular marble sculpture and part of the High's permanent collection, has garnered a substantial number of hits, telling me that art enthusiasts are already familiar with the High's impressive collection of marble statues. 

With that, I wanted to share with you a few more of the incredible marble sculptures at the High. But, I'm only showing the bust portion—hopefully enough to entice you to go see the entire sculptures. Each of these are full body sculptures.

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
"The Veiled Rebekah"

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
"Cleopatra"

There are just a few...the Museum has quite a few more, quite a few. Wander on over to the wanderlust ATLANTA Facebook Page to see more (but even that's not all of them!). 

ATLANTApix: The Veiled Rebekah

The Veiled Rebecca

For many, many years "The Veiled Rebekah" has been my favorite work of art in the High Museum of Art...and I'm not alone. Judging by the analytics (based on the words/phrases people use to find this blog), there are many other fans of Rebecca out there.

Created by Italian sculptor Giovanni Maria Benzoni, The Veiled Rebecca at the High Museum of Art is one of four in the world, a surprise to me given the technical genius it took to create a transparent veil in white marble ... amazing and brilliant!

Part of the High's permanent collection of European Art, the 19th Century statue is on display in the  Stent Family Wing, the portion of the museum closest to Peachtree Street.

ATLANTApix of the tourATLANTA blog features a "photo-of-the-day" of Atlanta. Come back tomorrow for a new one!