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the sculptor who thought a mountain was just a really big block of marble.
means gutzon borglum was the american sculptor who carved mount rushmore, turning a south dakota cliff into four presidential faces.
from born 1867 to danish immigrant parents in idaho, he trained in paris under rodin's shadow before deciding the human face looked best at 60 feet tall and made of granite.
dynamite sculptingused explosives to remove 90 percent of the rock.
never finisheddied in 1941, months before rushmore was declared done.
first firedkicked off the stone mountain confederate memorial before rushmore.
son finished itlincoln borglum completed his father's mountain.
for instance
mount rushmore — four presidents, 60 feet tall, carved 1927 to 1941.
stone mountain georgia — confederate carving borglum started, then abandoned in 1925.
wars of america — his bronze sculpture group stands in newark, new jersey.