The return of the eagle - Boston College
Mar 25, 2019 · VIDEO: The restoration of the original Boston College eagle statue is the centerpiece of the exhibit Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America at the University's McMullen Museum of Art. A masterpiece is restored to the Heights.
Boston College Eagle - Virtual Exhibit - library.bc.edu
In October 1954 Boston College received the statue of an eagle that had been in a Japanese garden on the estate of Larz Anderson in Brookline, Massachusetts. The garden was designed and planted in 1907, and a photograph in 1909 clearly shows the eagle.
Secrets Of The Statue — The Heights
Feb 2, 2014 · Rumors have been swirling about the origins of Boston College’s famous golden eagle statue almost since the day it was brought to campus. Some say that it came from Japan. Others insist that it’s not an eagle at all.
Boston College Eagle - Virtual Exhibit
Though adopted less than a century ago, the eagle was quickly integrated into the University's institutional identity, and has become the paramount public symbol representing Boston College to the outside world.
McMullen Museum: Eaglemania - Boston College
In the exhibition, bronze, silver, and ivory sculptures of birds of prey, folding screens, scroll paintings, netsuke, lacquerware, ceramics, and textiles join to bring the history of the stunning Boston College eagle to life.
Boston College Eagle - Virtual Exhibit
The cartoon celebrates BC's 14-0 victory over their bitter rival and, more important, clearly depicts the eagle as the symbol of Boston College. The University quickly adopted the eagle more formally into campus life.
McMullen Opens 'EagleMania' Exhibit — The Heights
Jun 1, 2020 · To celebrate the recent restoration of Boston College’s famous bronze eagle statue, the McMullen Museum of Art will present the exhibit EagleMania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America.
The BC Eagle: A Japanese Masterpiece Restored - Boston College …
Nov 14, 2018 · Boston College’s iconic golden eagle in front of Gasson Hall has a storied past. The eagle currently atop the column is a copy of a bronze masterpiece made in Japan in about 1890 when it was purchased by the diplomat Larz Anderson and his wife Isabelle as the centerpiece of their Japanese garden at their summer home in Brookline.
BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLE NESTS — The Heights, Volume XXXVI, …
The eagle itself is made of hollow and cast bronze. It stands about four feet high and is further raised from the ground by its bronze pedestal. In weight it totals half a ton. The eagle is not one solid statue, as it looks to the casual viewer, but is pieced together from several sections.
From the Seven Hills of Rome to Chestnut Hill: On the Trail of Boston …
May 5, 2022 · When awe-struck visitors and hustling students enter Gasson Hall, Boston College’s most iconic Gothic building, they pass through a rotunda adorned with oil paintings, and in the center stands a towering sculpture. St. Michael, triumphant in his struggle with Satan, raises his brass sword to smite the devil and send him to the underworld.