Detail View: SHIMMER: Knowledge
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Title:
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Knowledge
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Caption:
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City Library and Graves Art Gallery
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Image Date:
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1995
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1934
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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limestone - Portland
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Display Creator:
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TORY, Alfred
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Image ID:
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95-1636
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Description:
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Location: Surrey Street and Tudor Square. Oblique view of the sculpture on the top corner of the City Library and Graves Art Galleries. Description: "The central figure of this group represents Knowledge, bearing in his hands the choice of good and evil, shown by an ankh (Egyptian symbol of life) and the asp of ancient mythology. He is seated upon the world, beneath which flow "the waters under the earth", and is attended on either side by spirit messengers holding aloft flaming torches. The heavens are shown by seven concentric arches - the Cosmos of the ancients, in the form of a canopy - and the Tree of Knowledge, bearing the twelve symbolic fruits, for the background." from the Official Opening of the Building, 1934. Commission: Sheffield City Council.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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TORY, Alfred
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1881
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor. Ex-student at Sheffield School of Art.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Libraries -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Symbolism in art
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Subject Heading:
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Stone carving
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Subject Heading:
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Relief (Sculpture), English
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Subject Heading:
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Egyptian revival (Art)
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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