Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Person: Michelangelo
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]
* On the Convention District tour
* 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 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
+pafa.org
Drexel University Main Building Entrance
New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company,
Wilson Brothers and Company (Architects),
1891
* Busts of Aesculapius,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Christopher Columbus,
Michael Faraday,
Galileo,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Alexander von Humboldt,
Thomas Jefferson,
Michelangelo,
Moses,
Isaac Newton,
Raphael,
William Shakespeare
and
William of Sens
* small
heads,
standing
angel
* These busts in niches go all the way around the inside of the arch, including two that are looking straight down. Moses and Aesculapius are on either side of the angel on the front.
* Entrance.
Main Building, Drexel University.
North side of Chestnut, just East of the 32nd Street walkway.
* 39.953850,-75.187000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Chestnut 29th to 40th tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphia buildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Wilson Brothers and Company page
+wikipedia.org's Aesculapius page
+wikipedia.org's Johann Sebastian Bach page
+wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page
+wikipedia.org's Michael Faraday page
+wikipedia.org's Galileo Galilei page
+wikipedia.org's Goethe page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander von Humboldt page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Moses page
+wikipedia.org's Isaac Newton page
+wikipedia.org's Raphael page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipdedia.org's William of Sens page
+drexel.edu
