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Landmark: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

On the Convention District tour.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Stonework
Frank Furness (Architect), 1876
* plants
* Front and side walls. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West side of Broad, North of Arch.
* 39.955300,-75.163175 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+philadelphiabuilding.org entry for the building
+wikipedia.org's Frank Furness page




Hemicycle Decorative Plaque
Alexander Kemp, 1877
* Representations of Fra Angelico, Antonello da Messina, Arnolfo di Cambio, Baccio Bandinelli, Fra Bartolommeo, Giovanni Bellini, Pierre Bontemps, Donato Bramante, Filippo Brunelleschi, Correggio, Benedetto da Maiano, Luca della Robbia, Domenichino, Donatello, Albrecht Durer, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Giorgione, Giotto, Jean Goujon, Holbein, Eustache Le Sueur, Leonardo da Vinci, Pierre Lescot, Masaccio, Michelangelo, Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Orcagna, Bernard Palissy, Andrea Palladio, Giovanni Pisano, Nicolas Poussin, Raphael, Rembrandt, Robert of Luzarches, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Anthony van Dyck, Jan van Eyck, Velasquez, Paolo Veronese and Peter Vischer
* groups of people, some standing, some sitting, hats, dogs
* Attribution and list of portrayed people are based on the Smithsonian catalog with corrected spellings and attempted disambiguations where reasonably obvious.
* Front wall. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West side of Broad, North of Arch.
* 39.955150,-75.163225 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Fra Angelico page
+wikipedia.org's Antonello da Messina page
+wikipedia.org's Arnolfo di Cambio page
+wikipedia.org's Baccio Bandinelli page
+wikipedia.org's Fra Bartolomeo page
+wikipedia.org's Giovanni Bellini page
+wikipedia.org's Pierre Bontemps page
+wikipedia.org's Donato Bramante page
+wikipedia.org's Filippo Brunelleschi page
+wikipedia.org's Correggio page
+wikipedia.org's Benedetto da Maiano page
+wikipedia.org's Luca della Robbia page
+wikipedia.org's Domenichino page
+wikipedia.org's Donatello page
+wikipedia.org's Albrecht Durer page
+wikipedia.org's Lorenzo Ghiberti page
+wikipedia.org's Giorgione page
+wikipedia.org's Giotto page
+wikipedia.org's Jean Goujon page
+wikipedia.org's Hans Holbein the Elder page
+wikipedia.org's Hans Holbein the Younger page
+wikipedia.org's Eustache Le Sueur page
+wikipedia.org's Leonardo da Vinci page
+wikipedia.org's Pierre Lescot page
+wikipedia.org's Masaccio page
+wikipedia.org's Michelangelo page
+wikipedia.org's Bartolome Esteban Murillo page
+wikipedia.org's Orcagna page
+wikipedia.org's Bernard Palissy page
+wikipedia.org's Andrea Palladio page
+wikipedia.org's Giovanni Pisano page
+wikipedia.org's Nicolas Poussin page
+wikipedia.org's Raphael page
+wikipedia.org's Rembrandt page
+wikipedia.org's Robert of Luzarches page
+wikipedia.org's Peter Paul Rubens page
+wikipedia.org's Titian page
+wikipedia.org's Anthony van Dyck page
+wikipedia.org's Jan van Eyck page
+wikipedia.org's Velasquez page
+wikipedia.org's Paolo Veronese page
+wikipedia.org's Peter Vischer page
+The Project Gutenberg eBook, Peter Vischer




Grumman Greenhouse
Jordan Griska, 2011
* big real airplane, recycled containers, real plants
* Originally intended as a temporary installation, it remained for 11 years until it was removed in August, 2022.
* inscription:
Grumman S2F Tracker, Polycarbonate, Soil, Recycled Containers, Plants
Plants courtesy of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
* Was on Lenfest Plaza. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
* 39.955400,-75.163725 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing, Peace and Love
* See also:
+jordangriska.com




Paint Torch
Claes Oldenburg, 2011
* big paintbrush, torch
* lights up at night
* Plaza. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West side of Broad, North of Arch.
* 39.955350,-75.163200 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Claes Oldenburg page


See Also

+pafa.org