COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
193894
imageid
193894
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
partialView
imagetitletype
partialView
Type of View
false
View Title:
East facade,1250 Avenue of the Americas entrance loggia; "Intelligence Awakening Mankind" by Faulkner, detail "Thought"
imagetitle
East facade,1250 Avenue of the Americas entrance loggia; "Intelligence Awakening Mankind" by Faulkner, detail "Thought"
View Title
false
Date of View:
6/14/2011
imagedate
6/14/2011
Date of View
false
Image description:
Glass tesserae mosaic, 79 feet long, 14 feet high by Barry Faulkner, 1933. Over one million glass tiles in 250 colors, each hand-cut and set. The central figure of Thought dispatches the figures of the spoken word and the written word; thought will propagate new knowledge and advances.
imagedescription
Glass tesserae mosaic, 79 feet long, 14 feet high by Barry Faulkner, 1933. Over one million glass tiles in 250 colors, each hand-cut and set. The central figure of Thought dispatches the figures of the spoken word and the written word; thought will propagate new knowledge and advances.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module EIGHT
collection
Addition Module EIGHT
Collection
false
Culture:
American
culture
American
Culture
false
Work Types:
Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; office buildings
worktypes
Architecture; commercial / industrial structures; office buildings
Work Types
false
Related Work Title:
Rockefeller Center; partOf
relatedworktitle
Rockefeller Center; partOf
Related Work Title
false
Preferred Title:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
worktitle
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Barry Faulkner (American mosaicist, 1881-1966); Gaston Lachaise (French sculptor, 1882-1935); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
workagentdisplay
Barry Faulkner (American mosaicist, 1881-1966); Gaston Lachaise (French sculptor, 1882-1935); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
Agent Display
false
Date:
1930-1933 (creation)
workdatedisplay
1930-1933 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
stone; steel; glass
workmaterialdisplay
stone; steel; glass
Materials
false
Technique:
construction (assembling)
worktechniquedisplay
construction (assembling)
Technique
false
Measurement:
850 ft (height)
measurementdisplay
850 ft (height)
Measurement
false
Alternate Title:
RCA Building
titletext
RCA Building
Alternate Title
false
Alternate Title:
GE Building
titletext
GE Building
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
New York, New York, United States
locations
New York, New York, United States
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
styleperiod
Twentieth century
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Art Deco
styleperiod
Art Deco
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false