Discobolus The Discus Thrower In Washington -- 2 T-Shirt

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"Discobolus of Myron" is a famous Greek sculpture of a discus thrower that was created around 450 BC, but unfortunately its original sculptor is unknown. Today Discobolus is a greatly imitated sculpture and copies of it in various sizes is found all over the world. This particular sculpture of Discobolus was a gift to the United States from Italy in 1956 and is located in Edward J. Kelly Park, at 22nd Street and Virginia Avenue, near the State Department, in Washington, DC. It was given to the United States as an expression of gratitude for our country's assistance to Italy following World War II. The sculpture in Kelly Park was made by Rodolfo Siviero and Bruno Bearzi.

I enjoy photography and writing, and sometimes think of myself as a photojournalist. If there is a story to be told with a photograph, I tell it. As a longtime resident of Washington, DC, a lot of my photographs are of this area, and I enjoy writing in the description something about the shot -- it could be a short statement about an equestrian statue in the middle of a park, or a more intimate tale of the mausoleum where Abraham Lincoln's son, Willie, was entombed for the remaining three years of Lincoln's presidency after the boy's death. These photographs are contained in the aptly named "Washington DC" Collection. In addition to "WDC" there are eight other Collections on this page, and two of my favorites are "Paintings" and...