Highland Park -- Stanton Avenue Entrance

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The Stanton Avenue entrance to Highland Park was completed in 1900, four years after the main entrance was completed. Like those at the main entrance, the pictured sculptures were done by Giuseppe Moretti. He modeled them after the "Horses of Marly" by Guillaume Coustou. The depiction of a man taming a wild horse is a familiar subject to sculpture and is generally interpreted as "nature in all its beauty and strength being controlled by the hands of man."
May 3rd, 60
Location
Highland Park
Address
Stanton Avenue
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
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Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL
Subjects
Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Stanton Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Parks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Moretti, Giuseppe, 1859-1935.; Sculpture--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Identifier
715.60109113_1.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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