Angel of the West explained

Angel of the West
Artist:Julian Voss-Andreae
Type:Stainless steel
Height Imperial:12
Width Imperial:12
Length Imperial:4
Imperial Unit:ft
Metric Unit:m
City:Jupiter, Florida, United States
Pushpin Map:USA Florida
Owner:The Scripps Research Institute

Angel of the West is an outdoor sculpture in Jupiter, Florida, United States. The sculpture was made in 2008 by German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae. Referencing British sculptor Antony Gormley's monumental 1998 piece Angel of the North it was created based on an antibody structure published by E. Padlan[1] for the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute.[2] The antibody is placed into a ring referencing Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man highlighting the similar proportions of the antibody and the human body.[3]

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  1. 10.1016/0161-5890(94)90001-9 . Eduardo . Padlan. February 1994 . Anatomy of the antibody molecule . Mol. Immunol. . 31 . 3 . 169–217 . 8114766.
  2. Web site: New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus . 2008-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20081218202958/http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20081110/sculpture.html. 18 December 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: Protein sculpture inspired by Vitruvian Man . 2008-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20081227101154/http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/22/protein-sculpture-in.html. 27 December 2008 . live.