Everything about Angel Of The North totally explained
Angel of the North is a modern
sculpture designed by
Antony Gormley, which is located in
Gateshead,
United Kingdom.
As the name suggests, it's a
steel sculpture of an
angel, standing 66 feet (20 metres) tall, with wings measuring 178 feet (54 metres) across — making it wider than the
Statue of Liberty's height. The wings themselves are not planar, but are angled 3.5 degrees forward, which Gormley has said aims to create "a sense of embrace". It stands on a hill, on the southern edge of
Low Fell overlooking the
A1 road and the
A167 road into
Tyneside and the
East Coast Main Line rail route.
Construction
Work began on the project in 1994, the total cost coming to
£1m. Most of the project funding was provided by the
National Lottery.
Due to its exposed location, the sculpture has to withstand winds of over 100 mph (160 km/h). Thus, 600 metric tonnes (661
tons) of
concrete were used to create foundations which anchor the sculpture to rock 20 metres (66 ft) below.
The sculpture itself was created offsite at Hartlepool Steel Fabrications Ltd in three parts – with the body weighing 100 metric tonnes (110 tons), and two wings weighing 50 metric tonnes (55 tons) each – then brought to its site by road. It took seven hours for the body to be transported from its construction site in
Hartlepool, up the
A19 to the site.
Construction work on the
Angel was finished in
16th February 1998. At first,
Angel of the North aroused some controversy locally — one local councillor,
Martin Callanan, was especially strong in his opposition — and in the UK
newspapers. It has now come to be considered by some as a landmark for the North East of England and is one of the 12 official
'Icons of England'
- albeit not of the United Kingdom.
Photo gallery
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Image:Angel Of The North.JPG|A front view of the Angel of the North
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Image:Gateshead_Angel_of_the_North.jpg|Detail of the Angel's body
Image:GatesheadAngel5.jpg|Silhouette
Image:Angel of the north through trees.jpeg
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