Nydia The Blind Girl Of Power Analysis

The sculpture I choose is named Nydia, “The Blind Girl of Pompeii.” When I first seen this I immediately liked it, once again this piece of art spoke to me I could kind of relate to it in a sense. When I first look the name of this piece I thought it read “The Blind Girl of Power,” I instantly started thinking of what type of life she once had and how she is blind and still hold power in her village. I hear once someone loose one of your six senses our other senses become stronger because, we rely on them more to survive. I also heard when someone lose the ability to see there are two senses that get stronger than the others. Hearing and feeling, the ability to hear a further distance and the ability to touch an object and know what it is and the form of it without seeing it. This piece was done in by Randolph Rogers an

The destruction of Pompeii is symbolized by the broken Corinthian capital beside her right foot. This piece can speak for itself without doing background research. Before I did my research I thought this piece was named “Nydia the Blind Girl of Power” in the story Nydia did held some sort of power she was good at convincing others to believe in what she did, a very good manipulator. Nydia lived a life of heartache and pain being kidnapped and forced into slavery, being forced to make and sell flower baskets. Although she was blind that didn’t stop her from living what ended her life was the resilient love she held for Glaucus. No one should every take their own life but, it is very understanding of why people do such. The life Nydia lived isn’t unknown no one life goes unknown, once a person take their own life they will continue to live on. History repeats itself Nydia wasn’t the first nor would be the last to live a life of unfaithfulness, Nydia the Blind Girl of Pompeii will live