Parkman Plaza - Boston, MA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The Smithsonian Inventory (visit link) describes the work and informs us:

"Three male figures symbolizing Learning, Religion, and Industry, in a salute to Boston's energy, scholarship, and spiritual life. Industry is represented by a figure operating a jackhammer. Learning is represented by a seated figure measuring with a compass held in his proper right hand while reading from an open book held in his proper left hand. He is seated on a globe. Religion is represented by a kneeling figure with his arms extended and his face turned to the sky. Each figure is installed on a separate base."

and the inscription:

"(On base of Religion:) PARKMAN PLAZA / DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE F. PARKMAN 1823-1908 /LAFAYETTE MALL WAS IMPROVED AND THIS PLAZA CREATED 1958-1960 BY HON. JOHN F. COLLINS AND HON. JOHN HYMES MAYORS OF BOSTON, MARTIN F. WALSH, FRANK R. KELLEY, HARRY J. BLAKE, THOMAS J. CARTY, DANIEL G. O'CONNOR, O. PHILIP SNOWDEN. PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION, SHURCLIFF & MERRILL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, CASCIERE AND DI BICCARIA SCULPTURE unsigned"

TITLE: Parkman Plaza ARTIST(S): Arcangelo Cascieri and Adio DiBiccari DATE: 1958 MEDIUM: Figures: bronze; Bases: granite. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 87740046 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: in Parkman Plaza on the edge of Boston Common. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: No differences noticed.

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