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''Forest Idyl'' (sometimes spelled ''Forest Idyll'', but originally titled "Idyl") is a bronze statue created in 1924 by Albin Polasek while he was head of the Sculpture Department at the Art Institute of Chicago.〔 There are several copies of three versions of the sculpture, the locations of which are Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina; three in Winter Park, Florida, at the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens and at City Hall; and in Muncie, Indiana, at Ball State University. ==History== When the first version of ''Forest Idyl'' was made, it was created using the lost wax casting process, in which Polasek sculpted a model that was then cast in bronze by a foundry in New York called Roman Bronze Works. The piece was finished with a patina, a process overseen by Polasek. This essentially means that each ''Forest Idyll'' cast is an original Polasek work.〔 The piece depicts a nature scene, supposedly occurring in a forest, of a wood nymph mingling with two wild deer. This is the aspect of the piece that suggests the “Forest” part of its name. Merriam-Webster describes an “idyll” as “a work that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idyll )〕 Combined in the name ''Forest Idyl'', these concepts evoke a peaceful scene taking place in a forest environment. The particular piece that is ''Forest Idyl'' was first conceived by Polasek as "an Indian piping to two deer," but while he was in the process of working on it, it evolved into the statue as we know it today: a wood nymph holding a baby deer sniffing at a grown doe.〔 This original version was actually only 26 inches tall. After several years, a request for a larger version was commissioned for Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina, and that version still resides there, the catalyst for the other cast of the same size that was later produced. Upon its release, ''Forest Idyl'' was very successful, receiving positive reviews, and was for sale at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.polasek.org/about/albin-polasek-biography/ )〕 A casting of this particular version was won in a drawing by Daniel Chester French, who wrote an appreciative letter to Polasek noting it as a "Charming-delightful piece of Sculpture which I Shall value not only for itself but as an example of the work of a man whom I value as a friend and respect very much as a sculptor."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forest Idyl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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