Prometheus

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Title
Prometheus
Description
“Prometheus is said to be the best-known sculpture in Rockefeller Center and the most photographed monumental sculpture in all of NYC. Created by famed American sculptor Paul Manship, who held a great fascination for mythological subjects and events, it has become the main attraction of the Lower Plaza. Its central theme is best stated by the quote that’s carved in the red granite wall behind him, taken from the sixth-century B.C. Greek dramatist Aeschylus: ‘Prometheus, Teacher in Every Art, Brought the Fire That Hath Proved to Mortals a Means to Mighty Ends.’”
Identifier
Promethean_Iconography_15
Creator
Manship, Paul (American Sculptor, 1885-1966)
Date
1934
Spatial Coverage
Manhattan (borough) See all items with this value
Relation
Rockefeller Center
Format
sculpture (visual works)
Type
bronze (metal) See all items with this value
gilding (technique) See all items with this value
casting (process) See all items with this value
Subject
Prometheus (Greek deity) See all items with this value
Discovery of fire (1,000,000 before present) See all items with this value
Source
Prometheus from Rockefeller Center
Prometheus (Manship) from Wikipedia
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Copyright
Item sets
Promethean Iconography
Media
Prometheus

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sculpture Prometheus Fire Modern