{"id":2366,"date":"2015-10-26T13:27:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T17:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2018-06-05T20:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T00:23:49","slug":"meijer-garden-and-sculpture-park-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we were in Grand Rapids visiting with our niece Erica, we stopped at the Meijer&#8217;s Gardens and Sculpture\u00a0Park.\u00a0 A great place.\u00a0 We knew about this Big Horse.\u00a0 Here is what they say about this piece. &#8220;A monument to creativity, <em>The American Horse<\/em> was created by famed animaliere or animal sculptor, Nina Akamu.\u00a0The work was inspired, in part, by a work created by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci for the Duke of Milan in the late 15th century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2367\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15horse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2367\" data-attachment-id=\"2367\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=2367\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/15horse.jpg?fit=2134%2C2869\" data-orig-size=\"2134,2869\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1445866029&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00095877277085331&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park Horse\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;15horse &#8211; 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