{"id":1057,"date":"2019-02-06T09:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T09:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2019-02-06T02:19:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:19:20","slug":"linsley-exhibition-beauty-sculpted-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2019\/02\/06\/linsley-exhibition-beauty-sculpted-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/DISCOVER-BUDDHA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-890 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/DISCOVER-BUDDHA-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buddha carved from clear crystal\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/DISCOVER-BUDDHA-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/DISCOVER-BUDDHA.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>Already dazzling in its raw form, a block of quartz is transformed into a Buddhistic figure with flowing robes. A green-ribboned malachite stone is shaped into a tree. The Beauty of Sculpted Minerals exhibition in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colgate.edu\/academics\/departments-and-programs\/geology\/facilities\/linsley-geology-museum\">Robert M. Linsley Geology Museum<\/a> offers a visual display of natural materials and their artistic relatives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The sculptures and minerals from which they\u2019re hand carved are on loan from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colgate.edu\/facultysearch\/facultydirectory\/rapril\">Rich April<\/a>, the Dunham Beldon Jr. Professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colgate.edu\/academics\/departments-and-programs\/geology\">geology<\/a> emeritus, organized the exhibition to \u201cshow how minerals are beautiful even in nature but also after the sculptor has carved them into something we could treasure.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/200.colgate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colgate\u2019s Bicentennial<\/a>, the professor wanted to recognize the University\u2019s 150-year-long association with the AMNH, beginning with former Professor Albert Bickmore\u2019s founding of the AMNH in 1869.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">After a year and a half of planning, April\u2019s exhibition came to fruition when the crates arrived last August. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe how beautiful the sculptures were in person,\u201d he says, having chosen the pieces from photographs. Although April says he loves all of the objects, a little Buddha, carved from tiger\u2019s eye, stands out: \u201cIt has this reflective beauty.\u201d But, April adds, each piece has its own attraction. \u201cWhen people gaze upon this display,\u201d he says, \u201cevery person will have a different favorite piece.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">The Beauty of Sculpted Minerals is on display until June 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition in the Linsley Geology Museum shows off &#8220;The Beauty of Sculpted Minerals.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1221,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[37,38,64,65,266],"coauthors":[135],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-discover","tag-art","tag-arts","tag-geol","tag-geology","tag-linsley-geology-museum"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-h3","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/DISCOVER-BUDDHA.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1494,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions\/1494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}