Stoddards Temple of the Human Spirit 3D Render, Digital Artwork by lukon

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Stoddard's Temple of the Human Spirit

3D Render by lukon

Fan art from Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead

From Ayn Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead, Rand describes Stoddard's Temple of the Human Spirit thus:

The temple was to be a small building of gray limestone. Its lines were horizontal, not the lines reaching to heaven, but the lines of the earth. It seemed to spread over the ground like arms outstretched at shoulder-height, palms down, in great, silent acceptance. It did not cling to the soil and it did not crouch under the sky. It seemed to lift the earth, and its few vertical shafts pulled the sky down. It was scaled to human height in such a manner that it did not dwarf man, but stood as a setting that made his figure the only absolute, the gauge of perfection by which all dimensions were judged. When a man entered this temple, he would feel space molded around him, for him, as if it had waited for his entrance, to be completed. It was a joyous place, with the joy of exaltation that must be quiet. It was a place where one would come to feel sinless and strong, to find the peace of spirit never granted save by one’s own glory.

There was no ornamentation inside, except the graded projections of the walls, and the vast windows. The place was not sealed under vaults, but thrown open to the earth around it, to the trees, the river, the sun - and to the skyline of the city in the distance, the skyscrapers, the shapes of man’s achievement on earth. At the end of room, facing the entrance, with the city as background, stood the figure of a naked human body.

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... her head thrown back, her arms at her sides, palms out, ...

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Statue is:
A G3F with some mix of head and body morphs.

Statue’s hair is:
Denver Hair, by Daz Originals, 3DCelebrity: https://www.daz3d.com/denver-hair

Room is:
Freebie - SmidA - SciFi-Room, by SmidA460: https://www.deviantart.com/smida460/art/Freebie-SmidA-SciFi-Room-954990543

Picture of New York City is:
New York City Skyline Across Body of Water, by Mue Ervive: https://www.pexels.com/photo/new-york-city-skyline-across-body-of-water-5687415/