{"id":391,"date":"2013-10-22T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2013-10-25T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T20:56:59","slug":"the-ascent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/works\/the-ascent\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ascent"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>2006 \u2013 2008<\/h2>\n<div>The Ascent was partially inspired by a line from the poetry of Robert Browning<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA man\u2019s reach should exceed his grasp or what\u2019s a heaven for?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Rosen describes the Ascent as a metaphor for life \u2013\u201cthrough life we experience a series of triumphs over barriers. From childhood we ascend physically, intellectually and spiritually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture, a huge stone work, standing eight feet tall, depicts a man climbing a steep retaining dry rock wall built by Rosen with local boulders forty years ago. The right hand is reaching to the sky while the left hand is grasping upwards.<\/p>\n<p>This work was made possible by super-imposing sagital layers of carved Pennsylvania blue stone around a metal welded armature. The armature was designed to permit segments to be united to each other by a process of telescoping. By so doing, it was possible to segmentalize the construction of this major work of art, working off site, indoors and on site out doors.<\/p>\n<p>The structure is primarily gravity held. Mortar was used from within primarily to prevent water from entering and causing ice damage in the winter and to add some stability.<\/p>\n<p>The Ascent adds a new dimension to the ever increasing growth of the Rosen Laurentian sculpture garden.[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/77606753&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_gallery type=&#8221;flexslider_fade&#8221; interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;465,466,467,468,469,470,471,472&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_no&#8221; custom_links_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TheAscent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Step-by-Step Description<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] 2006 \u2013 2008 The Ascent was partially inspired by a line from the poetry of Robert Browning \u201cA man\u2019s reach should exceed his grasp or what\u2019s a heaven for?\u201d Dr. Rosen describes the Ascent as a metaphor for life \u2013\u201cthrough life we experience a series of triumphs over barriers. From childhood we ascend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":383,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-woo.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaHJl2-6j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions\/525"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}