Alexander Stirling Calder’s monument to William Shakespeare, which depicts two figures representing Comedy and Tragedy.
The idea, artist Barbara Neijna explained, was to relate the space both to the architecture of the city (specifically the Society Hill area) and to the park atmosphere of neighboring Washington Square.
A young man, standing, and a seated older man confront a winged creature representing the future. According to artist Leonard Baskin, the mythical bird also signifies external reality.
“Schiller” was commissioned by the Canstatter Volksfest-Verein, and is a companion piece to “Goethe” also located on the Horticulture Center grounds.
“Goethe” was commissioned by the Canstatter Volksfest-Verein, and is a companion piece to “Schiller” also located on the Horticulture Center grounds.
Ned Smyth’s sculptural environment is rich in symbolism and references Greek, Egyptian and Byzantine architecture.
A bronze group in the Central Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial symbolizing “the welcoming of the oppressed from all lands.”
Kreis’s monument in the South Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial shows three male figures of varying ages, signifying the agreement of young and old to forge a self-governing republic.
Artist Claes Oldenburg and his wife, Coosje van Burggen, collaborated on the Split Button, which has become a familiar part of the University of Pennsylvania campus environment.