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Astronomers Monument
The ''Astronomers Monument'' in front of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California is a New Deal artwork created under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project. The large outdoor concrete sculpture honors the work of six great astronomers and is a Griffith Park landmark in its own right. History and design The ''Astronomers Monument'' pays homage to six of the greatest astronomers of all time: * Hipparchus (), * Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), * Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), * Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), * Isaac Newton (1642–1727), * William Herschel (1738–1822). In December 1933, the Los Angeles Park Commission and the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) commissioned a sculpture project for the grounds of the under-construction Griffith Observatory. Using a design by local artist Archibald Garner and materials donated by the Women's Auxiliary of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, six artistsGarner, Roger Noble Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look To The Sky At The Astronomers Monument, Griffith Observatory 2018
To look is to Visual perception, use sight to perceive an object. Look or The Look may refer to: Businesses and products * Look (modeling agency), an Israeli modeling agency * Look (American magazine), ''Look'' (American magazine), a defunct general-interest magazine * Look (UK magazine), ''Look'' (UK magazine), a defunct fashion and celebrity magazine * Look (cigarette), a Danish brand * Look!, a candy bar made by Annabelle Candy Company * Look (company), a French bicycle components and frames Film and television * ''The Look'', a 2003 American film starring Teresa Hill * Look (2007 film), ''Look'' (2007 film), an American drama by Adam Rifkin ** ''Look: The Series'', an American television drama series, also by Adam Rifkin, related to the film * Look (2009 film), ''Look'' (2009 film), an American avant-garde short film directed by Ryan Pickett * "The Look", an episode of List of Home Improvement episodes, American television sitcom ''Home Improvement'' Music * Look (Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students. The university is composed of one Liberal arts education, liberal arts school, the University of Southern California academics, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and 22 Undergraduate education, undergraduate, Graduate school, graduate, and professional schools, enrolling roughly 21,000 undergraduate and 28,500 Postgraduate education, post-graduate students from all fifty U.S. states and more than 115 countries. It is a member of the Association of American Universities, which it joined in 1969. USC sponsors a variety of intercollegiate sports and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference. Members of USC's sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica (sculpture)
''Santa Monica'' (also known as ''Saint Monica'') is an Art Deco sculpture by Eugene Morahan (1869–1949) installed in Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica's Palisades Park (Santa Monica), Palisades Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California. Description The cast-cement sculpture of Saint Monica, Saint Monica of Hippo is approximately tall and rests on a concrete base that is approximately tall."Statue Will Honor Town’s Patron Saint." ''Los Angeles Times,'' Apr 04, 1934, pp. 4''.'' (Juan Crespí, Father Juan Crespí visited the nearby Tongva Sacred Springs on an Portolá expedition, expedition in 1769; the scattered pools of flowing water reminded him of Monica’s tears for her son Augustine of Hippo, Augustine, of later ''Confessions (Augustine), Confessions'' fame. The pre-statehood Rancho Boca de Santa Monica and Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, and eventually the city, all took the name of the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Saint.) History The sculpture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Newton In Popular Culture
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, natural philosopher, theologian, alchemist and one of the most influential scientists in human history. His ''Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'' is considered to be one of the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics by describing universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. In mathematics, Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus. Because of the resounding impact of his work, Newton became a science icon, as did Albert Einstein after publishing his theory of relativity more than 200 years later. Many books, plays, and films focus on Newton or use Newton as a literary device. Newton's stature among scientists remains at the very top rank, as demonstrated by a 2005 dual survey of scientists in Britain's Royal Society (formerly headed by Newton) and the general public asking who had the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Public Art In Los Angeles
This is a list of public art in Los Angeles. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum. Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title. Downtown Los Angeles Central Los Angeles East Los Angeles & Northeast Los Angeles Harbor South Los Angeles The Valley West Los Angeles See also * Murals_of_Kobe_Bryant#California, Murals of Kobe Bryant * Murals of Los Angeles * P-22#Murals, Murals of P-22 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Public art in Los Angeles Art in Greater Los Angeles Culture of Los Angeles, Public art Lists of public art by city in the United States, Los Angeles Lists of public art in California, Los Angeles Los Angeles-related lists, Public art Outdoor sculptures in Greater Los Angeles, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New Deal Sculpture
List of New Deal sculpture is a list of sculpture found in the United States and its territories, including free standing, relief and architectural, architectural sculpture that was funded by the federal government during the New Deal era. These include works produced under the Public Works of Art Project, (1933–1934), Treasury Relief Art Project, (1935–1938), Federal Art Projects (1935–1943), the Section of Painting and Sculpture, Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934–1943) and other federally sponsored projects. Unless otherwise noted, sources are from Park and Markowitz or American Art Annual, 1941. "USPO" refers to a United States Post Office building, the term "relief" refers to relief sculpture. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Millier, Arthur. "Art Withstands Scrutiny of Hard-Boiled Politicians: Planetarium Obelisk, Park Fountain, Other, Massive Works Continue Under F.E.R.A." Los Angeles Times, Jun 03, 1934, pp. 2. Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armillary Sphere
An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (on the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features, such as the ecliptic. As such, it differs from a celestial globe, which is a smooth sphere whose principal purpose is to map the constellations. It was invented separately, in ancient China possibly as early as the 4th century BC and ancient Greece during the 3rd century BC, with later uses in the Islamic world and Medieval Europe. With the Earth as center, an armillary sphere is known as '' Ptolemaic''. With the Sun as center, it is known as '' Copernican''. The flag of Portugal features an armillary sphere. The armillary sphere is also featured in Portuguese heraldry, associated with the Portuguese discoveries during the Age of Exploration. Manuel I of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Millier
Arthur Millier (1893 – March 30, 1975) was a British-born American painter, etcher, printmaker, and art critic. He was the art critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1926 to 1958. His work is in the permanent collections of many museums in the United States. Life Millier was born in 1893 in Weston-super-Mare, England. He emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in 1908. He was educated at the Los Angeles High School and the Art Students League of Los Angeles. After serving in World War I in France, he attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Millier became an etcher, printmaker and painter in San Francisco, exhibiting his work as early as 1922. He taught at the Chouinard Art Institute, Otis Art Institute, the University of Southern California, and the Pasadena Art Institute from 1922 to 1926. One of his notable students was Mildred Bryant Brooks. He was the art critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1926 to 1958. He subsequently res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Foerster (artist)
Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Arnold, East Riding of Yorkshire * Arnold, Nottinghamshire United States * Arnold, California, in Calaveras County * Arnold, Carroll County, Illinois * Arnold, Morgan County, Illinois * Arnold, Iowa * Arnold, Kansas * Arnold, Maryland * Arnold, Mendocino County, California * Arnold, Michigan * Arnold, Minnesota * Arnold, Missouri * Arnold, Nebraska * Arnold, Ohio * Arnold, Pennsylvania * Arnold, Texas * Arnold, Brooke County, West Virginia * Arnold, Lewis County, West Virginia * Arnold, Wisconsin * Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Massachusetts * Arnold Township, Custer County, Nebraska Other uses * Arnold (automobile), a short-lived English car * Arnold of Manchester, a former English coachbuilder * Arnold (band) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, are presented during a live-televised Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. The second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio. The 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards. Its counterparts—the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music—are modeled after the Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stanley (sculptor)
George Maitland Stanley (April 26, 1903 – May 11, 1970) was an American sculptor. Well known as sculpting the Muse Statue at the Hollywood Bowl. Cedric Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley. Early life Stanley was born in Iota, Acadia Parish, Louisiana in the year 1903. He then moved as a child to California and spent his youth there in the city of Watsonville. Upon graduation from high school Stanley proceeded to study sculpture at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1923 to 1926. He also taught at this school from 1926 to 1942. Stanley also taught briefly at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts. During his life he completed many public arts works including work for schools such as the Long Beach Polytechnic High School, as well as works for private patrons. Sculpting career The Oscar statuette was fabricated based upon a sketch by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons in 1927. It was first awarded in 1929. Since then, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
