VCU’s departing president, Eugene P. Trani has been immortalized in bronze — the university unveiled a statue of him on May 14th. STYLE Weekly’s Chris Dovi saw the sculpture as an opportunity to bash Trani, or at least to joke about his height.
Style Weekly was unable to confirm the retiring president’s height. But through a university spokeswoman, Trani once assured Style that he’s actually taller than Napoleon Bonaparte. In this new bronze-cast rendering he appears positively statuesque.
Apparently political correctness hasn’t gotten around to protecting short guys yet. Click here to read the article.
Anyway, what may be the most humorous aspect of the Trani statue story was missed by Dovi. According to what I was told a few years ago, that statue has been sitting around in storage for a good while. And, I don’t think many people knew much about it.
The wheres and whys to all that might be good for a few grins.
So, if the sculpture looks like a younger version of Trani, there’s a good reason for it.
Oh, and as far as bronze sculpted figures being slightly larger than the person was/is in real life goes, I don’t think that’s particularly unusual.
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