Civic Vulture

This monument is called “Triumph of Civic Virtue” and it’s a fugitive from artistic justice.  “Civic Virtue” is symbolized by a handsome, muscular youth (with a jaunty sword) and “Vice” is represented by writhing naked women and, yes, snakes.  Guess who wins.  This fright was recently relocated to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and, although I would like to say it was done in the dead of night, it was actually approved by those folks at Green-Wood who decide such things.  Instead of letting it crumble to dust as it should have, it was moved from the Civic Center in the borough of Queens to its present location.  Another “What were they thinking?” moment in the history of art.