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Did you know... that Henry Moore's Nuclear Energy sculpture was erected and dedicated to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction?

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Page reorganization[edit]

Currently, the page has basically one large history section, which is doing the work of being a bit of history/design process of the sculpture, that of the landmark, the installation, and some about its reception. Other sculpture pages tend to go something like:

Summary
Design/Attributes/Construction/Maintenance/History <-- already some great info here
Reception/Themes <-- this is my focus
See also

I think these changes would make the page a little more readable, and I've noted some places where I'd like to add information as I find it. Let me know what you think. Evanmayer1 (talk) 22:27, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In general, articles on Henry Moore's works are desperately in need of improvement, so you can't really go wrong by being bold and editing them. Specifically on Nuclear Energy, Roger Berthoud's biography of Moore has a section on this sculpture, which IIRC has comments both on the history of the sculpture not yet covered in the article, and on the reception of the work.

I think that basing the structure of the article off of that of recognised sculpture articles is a good plan. AFAIK, Man Enters the Cosmos is the only Moore sculpture article to be a Good Article, and personally I think that could do with some work. There are a few public sculpture Featured Articles: you might look at them for inspiration. Fountain of Time and Cloud Gate are two I found from a quick look around. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 13:27, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on the statement on dimensions: "The sculpture is described as 14.0 feet (4.3 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter by the Smithsonian Institution[4] and it sits atop a base that is 1.5 feet (0.46 m) in height and 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter.[1] However, the University of Chicago says it is only 12 feet (3.7 m) in height.[5] The Henry Moore Foundation lists its height at 3.66m.[3]" Since 3.66 m - 12 feet, it seems obvious that the sculpture itself is 12 feet in height and that the Smithsonian is including the base and rounding up to 14 feet. The translation of 12 feet to 3.7 m is itself rounded up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwtyler (talk • contribs) 14:31, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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