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Wikipedia Featured Articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article This RSS feed is a screen scrape of the Wikipedia Featured Articles page en-us GNU Free Documentation License Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:05:04 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss wikipedia@jeays.net XML::RSS 1.45 February 9, 2010: Cloud Gate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/February_9%2C_2010 <div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cloud_Gate_boy_reflection.jpg">100px|A boy in front of Cloud Gate with his reflection in the curved metal surface</a></div> ''<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate">Cloud Gate</a>'', a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/public_art">public</a> sculpture by Indian-born British artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor">Anish Kapoor</a>, is the centerpiece of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT&T_Plaza">AT&T Plaza</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Park">Millennium Park</a> within the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Loop">Loop</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_areas_of_Chicago">community area</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois">Illinois</a>. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Park Grill, between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Promenade">Chase Promenade</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCormick_Tribune_Plaza_&_Ice_Rink">McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink</a>. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed "The Bean" because of its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/legume">legume</a>-like shape. Made up of 168 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stainless_steel">stainless steel</a> plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It is 33 feet by 66 feet by 42 feet (10 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meter">m</a> Ã— 20 m Ã— 13 m), and weighs . Kapoor's design was inspired by liquid <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mercury_(element)">mercury</a> and the sculpture's surface reflects and distorts the city's skyline. Visitors are able to walk around and under ''Cloud Gate''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s high arch. On the underside is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/omphalos">omphalos</a>, a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections. The sculpture builds upon many of Kapoor's artistic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(visual_arts)">theme</a>s, although many tourists simply view the sculpture and its unique reflective properties as a photo-taking opportunity. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate">more...</a>) Recently featured: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman–Persian_Wars">Roman–Persian Wars</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carucage">Carucage</a> – ''<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_Iâ€“IV">Ghosts Iâ€“IV</a>''