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Description: | Thor was the Norse god of thunder. He was traditionally represented as a man of enormous strength, a kind of northern Hercules or Scandinavian David, who defended mankind against demons. However, to visualise a divinity of such immeasurable height and complexity would have been inappropriate for a modern suburban industrial estate. As befitting to the post-modern age, the god remained an invisible concept. Only his enormous footstool gives him a symbolic existence. The tripod-like structure of the footstool is reminscent of Apollonian and Christian concepts of the sacred trinity. However, in the present context the three upright stainless steel tubes bound by a ring at the top and supporting a great rock work as a diagram of the industrial and commercial structure. This sculptural form, its concept and their mythological associations are appropriate for the corporate identity of one of the largest and most powerful Scandinavian civil engineering firms. | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Davies, Miles | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6816... | Go to resource |
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