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The Spearman The Bowman. The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, [1] or simply Indians, [2] are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Chicago Rising from the Lake (1954) is a bronze sculpture by Milton Horn. The sculpture shows a woman, rising from waters of Lake Michigan , with flames, animals and wheat. It represents Chicago's rebirth after the Great Chicago Fire , and subsequent rise to become a leader in transportation, stockyards and commodities .
Benjamin Ferguson's 1905 $1 million charitable trust gift to "memorialize events in American History" funded The Fountain, [13] and many other public works in Chicago. [14] [15] As the city attempted to determine a policy for the fund's use, Taft argued for fountains, allegorical statuary, discreetly placed portrait busts, and the adornment of bridges and park entrances in order to create long ...
(Chicago Park District in green, University of Chicago in yellow background) Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. [1]
The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a National Historic Site commemorating the importance of the Chicago Portage [2] in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located in Chicago Portage Forest Preserve and the Ottawa Trail Woods Forest Preserve, at the junction of Portage Creek with the Des Plaines River , on the west side ...
Chevron is a 50-foot tall abstract sculpture in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] [2] [3] References This page was last edited on ...
Divers uncovered a 3,000-year-old clay figurine in Italy's Lake Bolsena, revealing human fingerprints and shedding light on Iron Age rituals. Discover the story.
A Signal of Peace is an 1890 bronze equestrian sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin located in Lincoln Park, Chicago.Dallin created the work while studying in Paris and based the figure on a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which he attended often.