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Atlas is a bronze statue in Rockefeller Center, within the International Building's courtyard, in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral . The sculpture depicts the ancient Greek Titan Atlas holding the heavens on his shoulders.
The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century CE Roman marble sculpture of Atlas holding up a celestial globe.
In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈætləs /; Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
14 Νοε 2019 · The Greek Titan Atlas is often pictured as carrying a huge globe or sphere on his shoulders. Learn more about Atlas, his burden, and his story.
8 Μαρ 2017 · In Rockefeller Center, in New York City, there is a giant 2-ton statue of Atlas holding the world on his shoulders, made in 1936, by Lee Lawrie and Rene Chambellan. This art deco bronze shows him as he is known from Greek mythology .
9 Αυγ 2023 · Statues and Sculptures. Atlas is commonly depicted in statues and sculptures as a muscular male figure bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. This visual representation symbolizes his punishment by Zeus, as well as his immense strength and endurance.
29 Σεπ 2016 · Named the Farnese Atlas after its collectors ‘ the wealthy Italian Farnese family whose status included cardinals and popes with boundless appetites for antiquity ‘ and its subject, the sculpture is believed to be a 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek sculpture.
