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Man's Intellectual Mastery of the Material Universe: by Jose Maria Sert
On the 50th Street side lobby walls, the Spanish muralist Jose Maria Sert has depicted the evolution of machinery, the eradication of disease, the abolition of slavery, and the suppression of war. Sert painted his four mural panels, each measuring 25-feet by 17-feet, in his Paris studio. The completed paintings were shipped to Rockefeller Center and then hung on the walls.
Races of Mankind: by Jose Maria Sert:
On the Northeast wall near the stairway to the Mezzanine, the four races of man kick around what appears to be a soccer ball -- Sert's representation of the world. On the Southwest wall near the stairway to Mezzanine the four races of man are at peace. The cannon is broken and the symbolic grasping of hands in an unbroken chain of respect is the centerpiece.
Time: by Jose Maria Sert:
Sert's center ceiling mural is called Time, and by standing in different locations in the lobby, the three figures depicted as past, present, and future, give the illusion that they are coming to life.
American Progress: by Jose Maria Sert:
Sert's American Progress, in the place previously occupied by Rivera's mural, features two men -- one of Action and one of Thought: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(The above was from the Rockefeller Center: Visitor's Guide & Walking Tour brochure) |