It's a little bit shocking how much there is to see and do at Jeita Grotto. The sign I posted yesterday gave but a hint of all the on-site attractions. There's a little train that travels between the upper and lower caves and the parking area. There's also a cute little cable car that covers the same territory (there's a servicable pathway to walk if you choose--a nice option to avoid waiting in long lines). There are gift shops and restaurants and a fun little zoo with birds, turtles, rodents, monkeys and goats. And there's a sculpture garden. These statues stand at its entrance.
Across the path from it, the sculptor's workshop caught my eye.
I really liked the terra-cotta color of the wall, the beat up wheelbarrows and the slabs of unworked stone.
Today's post is part of the theme day 'statues' at City Daily Photo.
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Nice theme day photos. I think working in stone is amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find, and perfect for Theme Day.
ReplyDeletegreat choice
ReplyDeleteI really love some of the smaller pieces you show. So nice.
ReplyDeleteWow - you found some real treasures to show us on theme day! Terrific
ReplyDeleteHow cool that you found those cool projects stashed away.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great theme day post! I like that you included the pictures of the workshop too.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting style of sculptures, the figures are religious or ethnic? The pieces in the workshop are great and Beirut look magnificent in your images!
ReplyDeleteI like that shot where the job is only partially completed. Very satisfying to see that it is not just stamped out by a big machine.
ReplyDeleteHi Carraol (et. al.), what I thought was so amazing about the work shop was that so many styles were represented. To me, the one on the top left looks like a byzantine icon, the one on the top right looks like a strange mash-up of neoclassical, rococo and baroque, and the bottom looks quite Egyptian. There's something very postmodern about these odd sculptures that draw so heavily upon conventions of representation while completely recontextualizing them.
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