Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: United Nations Headquarters [complex]
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Accession Number:
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196870
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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UN art collection; Statue of Saint Agnes from Nagasaki, Japan 1945
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Date of View:
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6/21/2011
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Image description:
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This stone statue of Saint Agnes was found face-down in the ruins of Urakami Tenshudo, a Roman Catholic cathedral that was totally destroyed when the atomic bomb exploded in Nagasaki. The charring and mottling on the back of the statue were caused by the intense heat and radiation. The cathedral was located a half-kilometer from the epicentre of the explosion on 9 August, 1945.
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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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Addition Module EIGHT
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Culture:
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American
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Work Types:
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Architecture; government structures; government office buildings
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Work Types:
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Architecture; government structures; legislative buildings
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Preferred Title:
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United Nations Headquarters [complex]
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Agent Display:
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Harrison and Abramovitz (American architectural firm, 1945-1976)
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Date:
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1961 (alteration)
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Materials:
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steel; concrete; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurement:
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17 ac (area, land site)
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Alternate Title:
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United Nations Building
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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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Twentieth century
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Style/Period:
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International Style (modern European architecture style)
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Style/Period:
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Modernist
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Classification:
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Architecture
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