Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1916
The Gates of Hell
Auguste Rodin,
1880 - 1917 (cast 1926-1928, installed 1929)
* groups of people,
partial,
standing,
sitting, kneeling, crouching, and horizontal,
furniture,
rocks
* Entrance.
Rodin Museum.
North side of the Parkway between 21st and 22nd.
* 39.961850,-75.174050 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+bronze-gallery.com's Auguste Rodin page
+rodinmuseum.org
Beneficial Savings Fund Society Building
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1916
* reliefs of Mercury
and
Venus
* small
kneeling people,
headgear,
mirror,
flaming
torch,
plants,
birds
* East wall and North entrance.
Thomas R. Kline Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Southwest corner, 12th and Chestnut.
* 39.950350,-75.160250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Horace Trumbauer page
+wikipedia.org's Mercury page
+wikipedia.org's Venus page
+drexel.edu's Kline Institute page
Union Baptist Church Gargoyles
Charles Webber Bolton (Architect),
1916 (cornerstone has 1832 for historical reasons)
* Symbols of Jesus,
Saint John,
Saint Mark
and
Saint Matthew
* small
kneeling
and partial
angels,
torches,
winged bulls,
winged lions,
crosses,
crowns,
birds,
musical instruments,
books
* Walls.
Historic Union Baptist Church of South Philadelphia.
South side of Fitzwater, West of 19th.
* 39.942775,-75.174475 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fitler Square tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+hiddencityphila.org article explaining the confusion and history of the church buildings
+hiladelphiabuildings.org's Charles Webber Bolton page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+facebook.com page for The Historic Union Baptist Church of South Philadelphia
