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I Am the Resurrection and the Life, (sculpture). Artist:  Zuckermann, Bernhard, 1912-1980, sculptor. Ghiberti, Lorenzo, ca. 1378-1455, sculptor. (copy after) Hillsboro Monument Works, fabricator. Welch & Worley Granite Company, contractor. Elberton Granite Turning Works, contractor. Title:  I Am the Resurrection and the Life, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Baptism of Jesus, (sculpture). Dates:  1950. Installed 1952. Reinstalled 1984-1985. Medium:  Relief panels: Carrara marble; Colonnade: Elberton blue granite. Dimensions:  Relief panels: approx. 5 1/2 ft. x 4 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 5 in.; Colonnade: approx. H. 8 1/2 ft. x W. 25 ft. Inscription:  (On east architrave:) I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE (On west architrave:) THE BAPTISM OF JESUS unsigned Description:  Two relief panels set in center of four columns with architrave across top. East panel: figure of Christ standing on raised platform in center, with proper right hand raised, palm facing forward. Four soldier figures seated below, sleeping. Stylized trees in background. West panel: figure of Christ standing in center, with proper right hand raised, proper left hand clutching drapery at waist, feet in water. Figure of John stands at Christ's proper left side, with bowl over Christ's head. Three angels and girl on Christ's proper right side. Bird in sky overhead, tree in background. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Christ Religion -- New Testament -- Resurrection Religion -- New Testament -- John the Baptist Ceremony -- Religion -- Baptism Object Type:  Relief Copy Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 9450, Fort Worth, Texas 76147 Located Greenwood Memorial Park, 3100 White Settlement Road at University Drive, Fort Worth, Texas Remarks:  Relief panels are adapted from the fifteenth-century bronze doors of the Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence, Italy, by Lorenzo Ghiberti. Original colonnade constructed of Pompeian stone, rebuilt in 1984-1985 in Elberton granite by Welch & Worley Granite Company and Elberton Granite Turning Works. Hillsboro Monument Company assembled the separate granite pieces. IAS files contain related article from Elberton Graniteer (Winter 1985): pg. 20. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth 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 TX000145   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000145 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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