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(Frances Willard School Tympana), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Frances Willard School Tympana), (sculpture). Medium:  Stone. Dimensions:  3 tympana. Each: approx. 33 x 81 x 24 in. Description:  Three bas-reliefs each located in a lunette above a door. Each scene is a variation on the theme of an allegorical female figure kneeling with two children, one male, one female. The allegorical figure is passing on knowledge to the children. The first tympanum on the left represents the visual arts, using a palette and a Greek amphora as symbols. The center tympanum contains a burning lamp of knowledge, a lute and books. The final tympanum represents science, identified by a globe, hourglass and books. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Kansas City Public School District, 1211 McGee, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Located Frances Willard School, 5015 Garfield, West building entrance, Kansas City, Missouri Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The sculpture appears to have been restored shortly prior to 1994 survey. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994. 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 MO000136   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000136 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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