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Technology and the Humanities, (sculpture). Artist:  Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, sculptor. (possibly by) Title:  Technology and the Humanities, (sculpture). Dates:  1939. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Stone. Dimensions:  9 reliefs. Small reliefs: each approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 2 ft.; Lower left doorway relief: approx. H. 34.5 in. x W. 17.5 in.; Lower right doorway relief: approx. H. 35.5 in. x W. 13 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Five rectangular bas-relief panels decorate the door frame around the entrance to Croton Middle School. Four square bas-relief panels are mounted across the balustrade in front of the double stairway entrance to the school. On the doorway, the top panel depicts two figures, one of whom is draped, flanking a quill, book, lamp and bookmark. The lower left panel shows a female in a dance pose. The upper left panel shows a female holding a basketball. The lower right panel depicts a male holding a retort. The upper right panel depicts a male philosopher or scholar. The ballustrade panels depict partially nude allegorical figures. Each figure is kneeling. From left to right, the panels show: female holding globe or the world and a ship at her side; male holding airplane; male with a torch, a triangle and compass in background; female holding a caduceus and a sun in the background. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Furniture -- Lamp Recreation -- Dancing Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object -- Other -- Container Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher Object -- Other -- Globe Architecture -- Boat Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Object -- Other -- Torch Object -- Art Tool -- Triangle Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device Emblem -- Caduceus Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Croton-on-Hudson Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Croton Middle School, Alcott Avenue & Larkin Place, Croton-on-Hudson, New York Remarks:  The reliefs were created through the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Works Project agency. They were possibly created by Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studio in the Bronx, New York. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY001154   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001154 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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