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Be Still, Know That I Am God, (sculpture). Artist:  Frazier, Bernard, 1906-1976, sculptor. Title:  Be Still, Know That I Am God, (sculpture). Dates:  1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Ceramic. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 24 in. x W. 70 in. Description:  A mosaic mural composed of 70,000 tessera, depicting the theme of the Biblical text: "Be still and know that I am God." A turbulent swirling eddy is depicted, with fountain waters at the far left, the "creating" God in the center, and on the right, rectangular sections which depict religious symbols. Included as symbols is an eye (for past unnamed religions long forgotten); the facade of the Athenian Parthenon; and a section of the supposed King Solomon's Temple, around 9th century B.C., all forerunners of Christianity, symbolized by the Cross. Another rectangle depicts geometric characters: a square, circle and triangle, symbolizing the relationship of theology, philosophy and science. Subject:  Religion -- God Religion -- Old Testament -- Psalms Architecture -- Classical -- Parthenon Architecture -- Religious -- King Solomon's Temple Figure -- Fragment -- Eye Object Type:  Mosaic Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  First United Methodist Church, 330 North Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67202 Remarks:  Students from the University of Kansas assisted the artist with the mosaics. IAS files contain excerpt from church booklet. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 162. Illustration:  Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 162. 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 77002799   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002799 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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