Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Rockefeller Center
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Accession Number:
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136668
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Order Title:
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Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Plaza fountain, from the southeast, "Prometheus" by Paul Manship
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Date of View:
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6/1/1994
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Image description:
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Prometheus brought down from Olympus the gift of fire for use of mankind. The zodiac, as in Lawrie's "Atlas", here symbolizes the earth. Statue is bronze covered with gold leaf.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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City planning
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Work Types:
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Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; mixed-use developments
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Work Types:
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Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; office buildings
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Work Types:
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buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers
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Preferred Title:
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Rockefeller Center
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Agent Display:
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Max Abramovitz (American architect, 1908-2004); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934); Wallace Kirkman Harrison (American architect, 1895-1981) and others
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Date:
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1931-1940 (creation)
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Materials:
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sandstone; limestone; steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurement:
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22 ac (area)
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Locations:
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New York, New York, United States
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Art Deco
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Classification:
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Architecture
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