Atlas (statue)
40°45′32.12″N 73°58′37.84″W / 40.7589222°N 73.9771778°W
Atlas | |
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Artist | Lee Lawrie |
Year | 1937 |
Type | Bronze |
Dimensions | 14 m (45 ft) |
Location | New York City |
Atlas is a
Atlas was created by the sculptor
The sculpture is in the Art Deco style of Rockefeller Center. The figure of Atlas in the sculpture is 15 feet (4.6 m) tall, while the entire statue is 45 feet (14 m) tall.[14][15] It weighs 14,000 pounds (6,400 kg),[16] and is the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center.[17]
Atlas is depicted carrying the celestial vault on his shoulders.
In popular culture
The piece has since been appropriated as a symbol of the Objectivist movement[20] and has been associated with Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).
It has been featured in almost every episode of the television series 30 Rock, appearing in numerous establishing shots depicting the 30 Rockefeller Plaza building, where the series is set. Most Rainforest Cafe locations have a statue resembling this one in a waterfall with a fountain, with the words "Rescue the Rainforest" in green neon letters across the equator of the globe.[21]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-502404-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-3930-6082-9.
- ^ "New Sculpture Shown" (PDF). The New York Times. 1937-09-12. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ^ "John Polachek, An Industrialist" (PDF). The New York Times. Obituaries: The New York Times Publishing. 18 April 1955. p. 22. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
In 1903, he became a supervisor of bronze manufacturing for Tiffany Studios. Founder of General Bronze Corporation Dies – Products Adorn Leading Buildings
- ISBN 9780312282653.
- ^ "A Chronology of Louis C. Tiffany and Tiffany Studios". Tiffany Studios. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Tiffany Studios". The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Museum Archivist" (PDF). Archivists.org. Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of American Art. June 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (27 December 1987). "Streetscapes: Tiffany Studios; In Queens, a Remembrance of a Luminous Legend". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
- ^ "BRONZE CORPORATION BUYS TIFFANY STUDIOS; John Polachek Again in Control of Metal Working Plant Which He Once Managed". No. Business & Finance. The New York Times Publishing. The New York Times. 31 January 1928. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ a b Erler, Diana (19 August 1928). "Creating a New Bronze Age". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 75. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9780764315190.
- ^ General Bronze Corporation (1946). "The General Bronze Corporation and Rene Paul Chambellan". Internet Archive, Columbia University. General Bronze Corporation. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Examples of Art Deco in New York City". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08.
- ^ "Atlas sculpture by Lee Lawrie". Archived from the original on 2010-08-26.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (2008-05-04). "Bringing a Smile (Well, a Shine) to a Burdened Statue of Atlas". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "Atlas (Statue in New York)". Archived from the original on 2009-12-01.
- ^ Adams, Janet (1985). "Rockefeller Center Designation Report" (PDF). City of New York; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Art: Rockefeller Atlas". Time. 1937-01-11. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "History of Atlas Shrugged". Ayn Rand Institute. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- ^ "Rainforest Cafe". Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Raised by Wolves: Ridley Scott and Aaron Guzikowski Talk Parenting on a New Planet". September 2020.
External links
- Atlas from Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Atlas from rockefellercenter.com