Detail View: SHIMMER: City Library and Graves Art Gallery
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Title:
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City Library and Graves Art Gallery
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Creation Date:
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1934
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Image Date:
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1970 - 1979
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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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DAVIES, W.G.
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Image ID:
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10-0377
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Description:
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Exterior view: Surrey Street (right) and Tudor Street (left). Left background is the Lyceum Theatre and the street and car-parking area in front of it has now become Tudor Square. Location: Surrey Street and Tudor Square. Sculpture on the top corner of the City Library and Graves Art Galleries is 'Knowledge by Alfred TORY. Descriptionof the sculpture: "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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© Professor Peter Fawcett
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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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Peter Fawcett
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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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Creator:
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DAVIES, W.G.
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Creator Role:
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City Architect.
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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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Relief (Sculpture), English
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Stone carving
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Subject Heading:
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Symbolism in art
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Subject Heading:
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Libraries -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Egyptian revival (Art)
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Streetscapes (Urban design) -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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City squares -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Art museums -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public architecture
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