Brooklyn Public Library: The Evolution of the Arts and Sciences, (sculpture).

Brooklyn Public Library: The Evolution of the Arts and Sciences, (sculpture).

Jennewein, C. Paul, 1890-1978, sculptor.

Donnelly, John, 1867-1947, carver.

Durham, Colomb, carver.

Githins, Alfred Morton, architect.

Keally, Francis, architect.

Brooklyn Public Library: The Evolution of the Arts and Sciences, (sculpture).

Evolution of the Arts and Sciences, (sculpture).

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Columns: limestone with gold-leafed figures.

2 columns. Each: H. 50 ft.

(On right of left column:) C.P.JENNEWEIN, 193? signed

The figures on the left column represent Science with the lower portion symbolizes the Four Elements: Earth, Fire, Air and Water. Reading upwards, the left column illustrates man's search for earth's riches, laboratory research, the Tree of Wisdom, Botany, and Geology, the application of Science, Power, Steam, Combustion, Electricity, and Aviation, Time, and Astronomy. The figures on the right column represent the development in Art with a depiction of Pallas Athene. Lower portion represents Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture; upper portion contains Music, Dance, Drama, Literature-including Adventure, Fables, Mythology, Fiction, Aspiration and Inspiration.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Painting

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Sculpture

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Botany

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Geology

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Astronomy

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Drama

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Flight

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science

Architectural component

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn

Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Entrance, Brooklyn, New York 11238

Donnelly did the enlargements and carving for the right column;because the left column was shaped so that only a left-handed carver could complete the carvings, Colomb Durham completed the work on the left column. The inspiration for the theme of the sculpture was based on an interpretation of two verses by Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Library. IAS files contain a copy of a 1942 library brochure which includes a transcription of the quotations by Roscoe Brown and famous authors which appear on the exterior of the building. For related information see Brown, Roscoe, C. E., "Brooklyn Public Library," Chicago: Lakeside Press. Alfred Morton Githins and Francis Keally are the architects who took over the design of the library in 1937.

Tampa Museum of Art, 1980.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

Howarth, Shirley Reiff, "C. Paul Jennewein: Sculptor," Florida: Tampa Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 122.

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