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Annotation: Myra with Juno, Venus, Minerva at the Getty Center, July 7, 2017: (impromptu i-Phone “photoshoot” at the Getty Center)
Information from getty.edu Title: Venus Artist/Maker:Joseph Nollekens (English, 1737 – 1823) Culture:English Place:England (Place created) Date:1773 Medium:Marble Dimensions: 124 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm (48 13/16 × 20 × 20 in.) Title: Juno Artist/Maker: Joseph Nollekens (English, 1737 – 1823) Culture: English Place: England (Place created) Date: 1776 Medium: Marble Dimensions: 139.1 cm (54 3/4 in.) Title: Minerva Artist/Maker: Joseph Nollekens (English, 1737 – 1823) Culture: English Place: England (Place created) Date:1775 Medium: Marble Dimensions: 144 cm (56 11/16 in.) From getty.edu , written by Anne-Lise Desmas: “Who’s the fairest, Venus, Minerva, or Juno? The contest is happening at the Getty Center, in the galleries of the West Pavilion, through an unprecedented display mixing antiquities with 18th-century sculptures. “The contest all started because Jupiter did not invite the goddess of discord, Eris, to the wedding banquet he organized for Peleus and Thetis (but frankly, who would have?). Offended, Eris invited herself to the feast, and cast a golden apple marked “to the fairest” among the assembled goddesses. Immediately, three of them laid claim to the fruit: Venus, Juno, and Minerva. Jupiter was asked to mediate, but couldn’t do much—after all, Juno was his wife! “Hoping to avoid a quarrel, Jupiter decided that the young shepherd Paris, prince of Troja (Troy), would decide. When brought in front of Paris, the three goddesses did their best to gain the shepherd’s preference. Paris eventually gave the apple to Venus, who had promised him as a reward Helen, the most beautiful mortal woman. But when Paris took Helen, the tragic war between the Trojans and the Greeks broke out.”
Lawyers based in UP Diliman & Tacloban are sponsoring one generator set to light one barangay in Tacloban: please join us
From Atty. Owens Disini: (Background of this FB message: Atty. Patrick V. Santo lost his father, Atty. Papiano Santo, in the aftermath of super-typhoon Yolanda. Atty. Patrick V. Santo and Atty. Torks Buban hail from Tacloban and are well-known private practitioners . Atty. Owens Disini is the chief legal officer of U.P. Open University, Atty. Ana Bernad is the deputy general counsel for corporate affairs of U.P.. We’re doing this in our private capacity as friends of Atty. Patrick Santo. Here we are when we were with the U.P. Diliman Legal Office:
Here’s the FB message from Atty. Owens Disini) “Dear classmates, Patrick Santo wants to thank everyone for the kind words and condolences he received for his Tatay Paping. He texted me today his account number in Tacloban. For those who wish to send their “abuloy”, it is BPI, J. Romuladez – Tacloban City Branch, Savings Account No. 1126-0191-33. However, an alternative that he suggested is for us to contribute to buy a generator set that he can use and share with his ka-baranggay. Patrick said he just needs the most basic and standard generator (maybe at least 2 hours). He said we can give it to Torks (Atty. Torks Buban) who may have a way of bringing it to Tacloban. So far, I have collected Php23,000 from Eddie V., Lindy and from me & JJ. I need your suggestions on this, please. Thanks.”
Please join us.
Mommy (Lydia C. Lambino, Los Angeles, California) sent her support with condolences and encouragement today , c/o Atty. Ana Bernad (i dropped by the 3rd floor office).
Please join us in lighting one barangay in Tacloban with one generator set. Thanks.
