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| image_file = File:Moses, Notre Dame.jpg<br />
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| image_size = 300 px<br />
| title = Moses <br />
| artist = Josip Turkalj<br />
| year = 1962<br />
| type = Plaster cast in [[Bronze]] <br />
| height_imperial = 17<br />
| imperial_unit = ft<br />
| city = [[Notre Dame, Indiana]], [[United States]]<br />
| museum = [[University of Notre Dame]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|41.70247|-86.23479|region:US-IN_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} <br />
| owner = [[University of Notre Dame]]<br />
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'''''Moses''''' is an outdoor bronze sculpture by Croatian artist Josip Turkalj.<ref name=croatianhistory>{{Cite web |url=http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/art.html |title=Croatian art |last=Zubrinic |first=Darko |website=www.croatianhistory.net |access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Josip Turkalj 1924-2007, a renowned Croatian American artist, died |url=http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9265/1/Josip-Turkalj-1924-2007-a-renowned-Croatian-American-artist-died.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.croatia.org}}</ref> It is located at the main campus of the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[South Bend, Indiana]], just outside of the [[Hesburgh Library]]. Owned by the University of Notre Dame and commissioned in 1962, the sculpture represents the prophet [[Moses]].<br />
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==Description==<br />
''Moses'' is a 17&nbsp;ft sculpture with a 3inch tall bronze base and a 1.3 feet tall granite square base. It is located in the West side of [[Hesburgh Library]] located at the North quad of Notre Dame campus. The sculpture was made by Josep Turkjali in plaster and was sent to Italy to be cast in bronze.<ref name=croatianhistory/> It is composed of the image of Moses pointing a finger to the sky with the [[Ten Commandments|table of commandments]] in the other hand. It is also stepping over a bull and represented with horns in its head.<br />
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==Historical information==<br />
''Moses'' was created by Croatian sculptor Josip Turkalj.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ifkovic |first=Edward |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3071703 |title=The Yugoslavs in America |date=1977 |publisher=Lerner Publications Co |isbn=0-8225-0231-3 |location=Minneapolis |page=73 |oclc=3071703}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Prpic |first=George J. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/206746 |title=The Croatian immigrants in America |date=1971 |publisher=Philosophical Library |isbn=0-8022-2035-5 |location=New York |oclc=206746}}</ref> He was influenced by his mentor [[Ivan Meštrović]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HlaX3f7X2sC&q=moses%2520josip%2520turkalj&pg=PA126 |title=Croatians of Chicagoland |last=Dugandzic-Pasic |first=Maria |date=2010 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738578194 |language=en |access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1004984587 |title=Croatia : land, people, culture. Volume I |date=1964 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |others=Francis, H. Eterovich, Christopher Spalatin |isbn=978-1-4875-9505-0 |location=Toronto |oclc=1004984587}}</ref> who "Moses was the figure to which he most often returned."<ref>https://sniteartmuseum.nd.edu/assets/134727/mestrovic2_8.5_mb_pdf_.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The sculpture was created at Notre Dame in plaster and then sent to Italy to be cast in bronze.<br />
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The sculpture represents [[Moses]] lecturing the Israelites, who in his absence had fallen into idolatry. Moses' hand is pointing into the sky to proclaim that there is only one God. As Notre Dame has a long history of renaming statues with football reference, Moses has been awarded the name of '''''First Down Moses'''''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Daniel |title=Notre Dame Football: You Might Be a Fighting Irish Fan If... |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1731509-notre-dame-football-you-might-be-a-fighting-irish-fan-if |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2016-04-20 |title=30 Things All Notre Dame Fans Should Do Before They Die |url=https://slapthesign.com/2016/04/20/30-things-all-notre-dame-fans-should-do-before-they-die/15/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Slap the Sign |language=en-US}}</ref> Much like the South panel of the Hesburgh Library which was named ''[[Hesburgh Library|Touchdown Jesus]]''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.uhnd.com/history/touchdown-jesus/ |title=Touchdown Jesus - A Notre Dame Campus Landmark|date=2007-07-21 |website=UHND.com - Notre Dame Football, Basketball, & Recruiting |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref> or the [[Chaplain Corby of Gettysburg|statue of Father Corby]] that is nicknamed ''Fair Catch Corby''.<ref name="auto"/><ref name=":0" /> ''First Down Moses'', according to students, also signals that the Notre Dame football team is number one, hence the statue's hand pointing to the sky.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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One of the controversies that exist surrounding the sculpture is the representation of Moses with horns in is head. Initially it was thought to be "a mistranslation, because the Hebrew word for horns can also refer to rays of light."<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=http://patell.org/2010/02/notre-dame-iconography/ |title=Notre Dame Iconography |date=2010-02-15 |website=patell dot org |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref> Nevertheless, as scholars have continued to research they have come to the conclusion that the representation of Moses with horns may have been "referring to one of the most famous depictions of Moses in sculpture, [[Moses (Michelangelo)|the early-16th century statue]] by [[Michelangelo]] that forms part of the [[tomb of Pope Julius II]]."<ref name="auto1"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Michelangelo]]<br />
* [[University of Notre Dame]]<br />
* [[Ivan Meštrović]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{University of Notre Dame}}<br />
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[[Category:1962 sculptures]]<br />
[[Category:Cattle in art]]<br />
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Notre Dame]]<br />
[[Category:Sculptures of Moses]]<br />
[[Category:University of Notre Dame Public Art Collection]]<br />
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