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Atlas is a bronze statue in Rockefeller Center, within the International Building's courtyard, in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral . The sculpture depicts the ancient Greek Titan Atlas holding the heavens on his shoulders.
Lawrie's Atlas in Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue in New York City, opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral.. Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963 [1]) was an American architectural sculptor and an important figure in the American sculpture scene preceding World War II.
It was also known for New York City's Atlas [7] and Prometheus [7] bronze sculptures in Rockefeller Center, the bronze doors for the United States Supreme Court, [8] Commerce, and Department of Justice Buildings in Washington, DC, [4] the aluminum windows for the United Nations Secretariat Building [9] [10] and Chase Manhattan Bank Building. [11]
General Bronze Corporation was founded as a reorganization of the John Polachek Bronze and Iron Company, founded in 1910 by John Polachek, a Hungarian immigrant. [20] [5] He became a supervisor overseeing bronze manufacturing at the Tiffany Glass Studios in Corona, Queens New York, which served as the basis for his future enterprise in bronze fabrication.
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, ... Atlas by Lee Lawrie, bronze sculpture, 1937, Rockefeller Center, New York City. Lamps.
Tom Tsuchiya also known as Norikazu (born August 3, 1972) is an American artist who creates public sculpture.He is best known for bronze sculptures for Major League Baseball and the National Football League.
Boy carrying a shell, Bode-Museum Satyr-bust-shaped oil lamp with raptor claw, Bode-Museum. Severo (Calzetta) da Ravenna or Severo di Domenico Calzetta (active ca 1496 – ca 1543) was an Italian sculptor of the High Renaissance and Mannerism, who worked in Padua, where he is likely to have finished his training, in Ferrara and in Ravenna, where he first appears in a document of 1496.
In the marble grouping Atlas carries a globe and a large mask of a faune is surrounded by sea horses and small children. The statue of Titan was executed in 1877, exhibited in Rome and Paris in 1879, then reworked for the 1883 Salon. It was then purchased by the State and cast in bronze, the bronze version being shown at the 1884 exhibition.