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Nebraska State Capitol: Tower Exterior, (sculpture). Artist:  Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924, architect. Edward Ardolino Company, carver. Title:  Nebraska State Capitol: Tower Exterior, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Course of Human Civilization, (sculpture). Dates:  1922-1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Indiana limestone. Description:  Eight figures, two on each side, in historical sequence beginning at west side of north face and moving counterclockwise around the tower to the east side. The figures represent the genius of human civilization, as embodied in the heroes of great epochs. Depicted are the Egyptian scribe Pentaour (representing the Dawn of History); Semitic seer Ezekiel (representing Cosmic Tradition); Greek philosopher Socrates (representing Birth of Reason); Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (representing Reign of Law); the Apostle John (representing the Glorification of Faith); King Louis IX of France (representing the Age of Chivalry); Renaissance scientist Isaac Newton (representing the Discovery of Nature); and Abraham Lincoln the Emancipator (representing the Liberation of Peoples). Subject:  History Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length Portrait male -- Aurelius, Marcus Portrait male -- Pentaour -- Full length Portrait male -- King Louis IX Portrait male -- Newton, Isaac Object Type:  Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Lincoln Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Nebraska, Head Historical Architect, 1445 K Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Located Nebraska State Capitol, 1445 K Street, Tower exterior, Lincoln, Nebraska Remarks:  Work on the "new" capitol (Nebraska's third) began in 1922 and was completed in 1934 at a cost of nearly ten million dollars. Goodhue was the architect; Lawrie, the sculptor. IAS files contain related excerpt from "A Harmony of the Arts: the Nebraska State Capitol," edited by Frederick Luebke, 1990; and excerpts from American Architect, Oct. 1934. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska 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 NE000227   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NE000227 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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