Atlas (statue): Difference between revisions

Atlas
Atlas
Artist	Lee Lawrie
Year	1937
Type	Bronze
Dimensions	14 m (45 ft)
Location	New York City

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 09:00, 30 May 2024

40°45′32.12″N 73°58′37.84″W / 40.7589222°N 73.9771778°W / 40.7589222; -73.9771778

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.^[1]

Atlas was created by the sculptor Lee Lawrie with the help of Rene Paul Chambellan^[2] and was installed in 1937.^[3] Atlas was cast at the Roman Bronze Works, a subsidiary of the General Bronze Corporation in Corona, Queens.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] The Roman Bronze Works had long been a sub-contractor to Louis C. Tiffany's Tiffany Studios^[9] which was then bought out by the General Bronze Corporation in 1928.^[10]^[11]^[12] Under the ownership of General Bronze, the Roman Bronze Works produced some of its finest bronze artwork from sculptors like Paul Manship, Rene Chambellan, and Lee Lawrie.^[13]^[12]^[11]

The sculpture is in the Art Deco style of Rockefeller Center. The figure of Atlas in the sculpture is 15 feet (4.6 m) tall, while the entire statue is 45 feet (14 m) tall.^[14]^[15] It weighs 14,000 pounds (6,400 kg),^[16] and is the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center.^[17]

Atlas is depicted carrying the celestial vault on his shoulders.^[1]^[2]^[18] The north–south axis of the armillary sphere on his shoulders points towards the North Star's position relative to New York City.^[19] The statue stands on one muscular leg atop a small stone pedestal, whose corner faces Fifth Avenue.^[2]

In popular culture

The piece has since been appropriated as a symbol of the Objectivist movement^[20] and has been associated with Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).

It has been featured in almost every episode of the television series 30 Rock, appearing in numerous establishing shots depicting the 30 Rockefeller Plaza building, where the series is set. Most Rainforest Cafe locations have a statue resembling this one in a waterfall with a fountain, with the words "Rescue the Rainforest" in green neon letters across the equator of the globe.^[21]

Ridley Scott has cited the sculpture as the aesthetic inspiration for the character "Mother," on HBO Max's Raised by Wolves.^[22]

References

^ ^a ^b Krinsky, Carol H. (1978). Rockefeller Center. Oxford University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-19-502404-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roussel, Christine (May 17, 2006). The Art of Rockefeller Center. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-3930-6082-9.
^ "New Sculpture Shown" (PDF). The New York Times. 1937-09-12. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
^ "John Polachek, An Industrialist" (PDF). The New York Times. Obituaries. 18 April 1955. p. 22. Retrieved 18 December 2023. In 1903, he became a supervisor of bronze manufacturing for Tiffany Studios. Founder of General Bronze Corporation Dies – Products Adorn Leading Buildings
^ Eidelberg, Martin; McClelland, Nany (2001). Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: the Nash Notebooks (1st ed.). St. Martin's Press. pp. 2–10. ISBN 9780312282653.
^ "A Chronology of Louis C. Tiffany and Tiffany Studios". Tiffany Studios. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Tiffany Studios". The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Museum Archivist" (PDF). Archivists.org. Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of American Art. June 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ Gray, Christopher (27 December 1987). "Streetscapes: Tiffany Studios; In Queens, a Remembrance of a Luminous Legend". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
^ "BRONZE CORPORATION BUYS TIFFANY STUDIOS; John Polachek Again in Control of Metal Working Plant Which He Once Managed". No. Business & Finance. The New York Times Publishing. The New York Times. 31 January 1928. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Erler, Diana (19 August 1928). "Creating a New Bronze Age". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 75. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rosenfeld, Lucy (2002). A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry (1st ed.). Schiffer Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 9780764315190.
^ General Bronze Corporation (1946). "The General Bronze Corporation and Rene Paul Chambellan". Internet Archive, Columbia University. General Bronze Corporation. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Examples of Art Deco in New York City". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08.
^ "Atlas sculpture by Lee Lawrie". Archived from the original on 2010-08-26.
^ Dunlap, David W. (2008-05-04). "Bringing a Smile (Well, a Shine) to a Burdened Statue of Atlas". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
^ "Atlas (Statue in New York)". Archived from the original on 2009-12-01.
^ Adams, Janet (1985). "Rockefeller Center Designation Report" (PDF). City of New York; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
^ "Art: Rockefeller Atlas". Time. 1937-01-11. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
^ "History of Atlas Shrugged". Ayn Rand Institute. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
^ "Rainforest Cafe". Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ "Raised by Wolves: Ridley Scott and Aaron Guzikowski Talk Parenting on a New Planet". September 2020.

External links

Atlas from Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Atlas from rockefellercenter.com

[krinsky-1] Krinsky, Carol H. (1978). Rockefeller Center. Oxford University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-19-502404-3.

[roussel-2] Roussel, Christine (May 17, 2006). The Art of Rockefeller Center. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-3930-6082-9.

[3] "New Sculpture Shown" (PDF). The New York Times. 1937-09-12. Retrieved 2017-11-21.

[NYT_Polachek_dies-4] "John Polachek, An Industrialist" (PDF). The New York Times. Obituaries. 18 April 1955. p. 22. Retrieved 18 December 2023. In 1903, he became a supervisor of bronze manufacturing for Tiffany Studios. Founder of General Bronze Corporation Dies – Products Adorn Leading Buildings

[Tiffany_Nash_book-5] Eidelberg, Martin; McClelland, Nany (2001). Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: the Nash Notebooks (1st ed.). St. Martin's Press. pp. 2–10. ISBN 9780312282653.

[Tiffany_Studios-6] "A Chronology of Louis C. Tiffany and Tiffany Studios". Tiffany Studios. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[Tifffany_Morse_Museum-7] "Tiffany Studios". The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[Carter_Museum_with_GBC/Roman_Bronze_Works_merger-8] "Museum Archivist" (PDF). Archivists.org. Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of American Art. June 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[9] Gray, Christopher (27 December 1987). "Streetscapes: Tiffany Studios; In Queens, a Remembrance of a Luminous Legend". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2008.

[NYT_Bronze_buys_Tiffany_Studios:_again_in_control-10] "BRONZE CORPORATION BUYS TIFFANY STUDIOS; John Polachek Again in Control of Metal Working Plant Which He Once Managed". No. Business & Finance. The New York Times Publishing. The New York Times. 31 January 1928. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[Brooklyn_Eagle_-_Polachek-11] Erler, Diana (19 August 1928). "Creating a New Bronze Age". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 75. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[Roman_Bronze_Works_History-12] Rosenfeld, Lucy (2002). A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry (1st ed.). Schiffer Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 9780764315190.

[Columbia-GBC-13] General Bronze Corporation (1946). "The General Bronze Corporation and Rene Paul Chambellan". Internet Archive, Columbia University. General Bronze Corporation. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[14] "Examples of Art Deco in New York City". Archived from the original on 2010-01-08.

[15] "Atlas sculpture by Lee Lawrie". Archived from the original on 2010-08-26.

[16] Dunlap, David W. (2008-05-04). "Bringing a Smile (Well, a Shine) to a Burdened Statue of Atlas". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-25.

[17] "Atlas (Statue in New York)". Archived from the original on 2009-12-01.

[adams-18] Adams, Janet (1985). "Rockefeller Center Designation Report" (PDF). City of New York; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-12-06.

[19] "Art: Rockefeller Atlas". Time. 1937-01-11. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-25.

[atlashistory-20] "History of Atlas Shrugged". Ayn Rand Institute. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2013.

[21] "Rainforest Cafe". Retrieved 2016-04-03.

[22] "Raised by Wolves: Ridley Scott and Aaron Guzikowski Talk Parenting on a New Planet". September 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 {{Infobox artwork
 | image_file         = New York City, May 2014 - 033.JPG
-| painting_alignment = Front
 | image_size         = 200px
 | title              = Atlas
 | alt                =
 | other_language_1   =
 | other_title_1      =
 | other_language_2   =
 | other_title_2      =
@@ Line 16: / Line 15: @@
 | type               = [[Bronze]]
 | height_imperial    = 45
 | width_imperial     =
 | length_imperial    =
 | imperial_unit = ft
 | metric_unit = m
 | city               = [[New York City]]
 | museum             =
 | coordinates        =
 | owner              =
 }}
-[[File:Objectivist1.jpg|thumb|''Atlas'' statue located at Rockefeller Center |alt=Bronze Atlas statue, depicting Atlas the titan in Ancient Greek mythology, bent over holding up a wire sphere representing Earth. Located at Rockefeller Center, seen from below.]]
+[[File:Atlas Statue 630 Fifth Ave (1).jpg|thumb|''Atlas'' statue located at Rockefeller Center |alt=Bronze Atlas statue, depicting Atlas the titan in Ancient Greek mythology, bent over holding up a wire sphere representing Earth. Located at Rockefeller Center, seen from below.]]
 '''''Atlas''''' is a [[bronze]] [[statue]] in [[Rockefeller Center]], within the [[International Building (Manhattan)|International Building]]'s courtyard, in [[Midtown Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. It is across [[Fifth Avenue]] from [[St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)|St. Patrick's Cathedral]]. The sculpture depicts the ancient Greek Titan [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] holding the heavens on his shoulders.<ref name=krinsky/>
-''Atlas'' was created by the sculptor [[Lee Lawrie]] with the help of [[Rene Paul Chambellan]]<ref name=roussel>{{cite book| first=Christine| last=Roussel| title=The Art of Rockefeller Center| url=https://archive.org/details/guidetoartofr00chri| url-access=registration| location=New York| publisher=W.W. Norton & Company| date=May 17, 2006| isbn=978-0-3930-6082-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetoartofr00chri/page/113 113]}}</ref> and was installed in 1937.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Sculpture Shown |work=The New York Times | date=1937-09-12 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/09/12/468926852.pdf | access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref> The sculpture is in the [[Art Deco]] style of Rockefeller Center. The figure of Atlas in the sculpture is {{convert|15|ft|m}} tall, while the entire statue is {{convert|45|ft|m}} tall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://architecture.learnhub.com/lesson/5870-examples-of-art-deco-in-new-york-city |title=Examples of Art Deco in New York City |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108095828/http://architecture.learnhub.com/lesson/5870-examples-of-art-deco-in-new-york-city |archive-date=2010-01-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumplanet.com/tour.php/nyc/rc/16 |title=Atlas sculpture by Lee Lawrie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826062506/http://www.museumplanet.com/tour.php/nyc/rc/16 |archive-date=2010-08-26 }}</ref> It weighs {{convert|7|ST|kg}},<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/nyregion/04atlas.html|title=Bringing a Smile (Well, a Shine) to a Burdened Statue of Atlas | work=The New York Times | first=David W. | last=Dunlap | date=2008-05-04 | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref> and is the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photohome.com/photos/new-york-pictures/new-york-city/atlas-1.html |title=Atlas (Statue in New York) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201013959/http://photohome.com/photos/new-york-pictures/new-york-city/atlas-1.html |archive-date=2009-12-01 }}</ref>
+''Atlas'' was created by the sculptor [[Lee Lawrie]] with the help of [[Rene Paul Chambellan]]<ref name=roussel>{{cite book| first=Christine| last=Roussel| title=The Art of Rockefeller Center| url=https://archive.org/details/guidetoartofr00chri| url-access=registration| location=New York| publisher=W.W. Norton & Company| date=May 17, 2006| isbn=978-0-3930-6082-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetoartofr00chri/page/113 113]}}</ref> and was installed in 1937.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Sculpture Shown |work=The New York Times | date=1937-09-12 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/09/12/468926852.pdf | access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref> ''Atlas'' was cast at the [[Roman Bronze Works]], a subsidiary of the [[General Bronze Corporation]] in [[Corona, Queens]].<ref name="NYT Polachek dies">{{cite news |title=John Polachek, An Industrialist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/04/18/93802563.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=18 April 1955 |location=Obituaries |pages=22 |quote=In 1903, he became a supervisor of bronze manufacturing for Tiffany Studios. Founder of General Bronze Corporation Dies – Products Adorn Leading Buildings}}</ref><ref name="Tiffany Nash book">{{cite book |last1=Eidelberg |first1=Martin |last2=McClelland |first2=Nany |title=Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: the Nash Notebooks |date=2001 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=9780312282653 |pages=2–10 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Id9kQgAACAAJ}}</ref><ref name="Tiffany Studios">{{cite web |title=A Chronology of Louis C. Tiffany and Tiffany Studios |url=https://www.tiffanystudios.org/tiffany-chronology.html |website=Tiffany Studios |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="Tifffany Morse Museum">{{cite web |title=Tiffany Studios |url=https://morsemuseum.org/louis-comfort-tiffany/tiffany-studios/ |website=The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="Carter Museum with GBC/Roman Bronze Works merger">{{cite web |title=Museum Archivist |url=https://files.archivists.org/groups/museum/newsletter/pastissues/pdfs/vol18no1.pdf |website=Archivists.org |publisher=Amon Carter Museum of American Art |access-date=23 December 2023 |location=Fort Worth, TX |date=June 2005}}</ref> The Roman Bronze Works had long been a sub-contractor to [[Louis Comfort Tiffany|Louis C. Tiffany's]] [[Tiffany glass|Tiffany Studios]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFDD173CF934A15751C1A961948260 |first=Christopher |last=Gray |title=Streetscapes: Tiffany Studios; In Queens, a Remembrance of a Luminous Legend |work=The New York Times |date=27 December 1987 |access-date=25 September 2008}}</ref> which was then bought out by the [[General Bronze Corporation]] in 1928.<ref name="NYT Bronze buys Tiffany Studios: again in control">{{cite news |title=BRONZE CORPORATION BUYS TIFFANY STUDIOS; John Polachek Again in Control of Metal Working Plant Which He Once Managed. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/01/31/issue.html |access-date=29 December 2023 |agency=The New York Times |issue=Business & Finance |publisher=The New York Times Publishing |date=31 January 1928}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle - Polachek">{{cite news |last1=Erler |first1=Diana |title=Creating a New Bronze Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/55230082/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |agency=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=19 August 1928 |pages=75}}</ref><ref name="Roman Bronze Works History">{{cite book |last1=Rosenfeld |first1=Lucy |title=A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry |date=2002 |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |isbn=9780764315190 |pages=11 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aB43AQAAIAAJ&q=subsidiary%20of%20general%20bronze%20corporation}}</ref> Under the ownership of General Bronze, the Roman Bronze Works produced some of its finest bronze artwork from sculptors like [[Paul Manship]], [[Rene Chambellan]], and [[Lee Lawrie]].<ref name="Columbia-GBC">{{cite web |last1=General Bronze Corporation |title=The General Bronze Corporation and Rene Paul Chambellan |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc2.ark:/13960/s258s75zhfq&seq=8 |website=Internet Archive, Columbia University |publisher=General Bronze Corporation |access-date=17 December 2023 |year=1946}}</ref><ref name="Roman Bronze Works History" /><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle - Polachek" />
+The sculpture is in the [[Art Deco]] style of Rockefeller Center. The figure of Atlas in the sculpture is {{convert|15|ft|m}} tall, while the entire statue is {{convert|45|ft|m}} tall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://architecture.learnhub.com/lesson/5870-examples-of-art-deco-in-new-york-city |title=Examples of Art Deco in New York City |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108095828/http://architecture.learnhub.com/lesson/5870-examples-of-art-deco-in-new-york-city |archive-date=2010-01-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumplanet.com/tour.php/nyc/rc/16 |title=Atlas sculpture by Lee Lawrie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826062506/http://www.museumplanet.com/tour.php/nyc/rc/16 |archive-date=2010-08-26 }}</ref> It weighs {{convert|14,000|lbs|kg}},<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/nyregion/04atlas.html|title=Bringing a Smile (Well, a Shine) to a Burdened Statue of Atlas | work=The New York Times | first=David W. | last=Dunlap | date=2008-05-04 | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref> and is the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photohome.com/photos/new-york-pictures/new-york-city/atlas-1.html |title=Atlas (Statue in New York) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201013959/http://photohome.com/photos/new-york-pictures/new-york-city/atlas-1.html |archive-date=2009-12-01 }}</ref>
-Atlas is depicted carrying the celestial vault on his shoulders.<ref name=krinsky>{{cite book | last=Krinsky | first=Carol H. |author-link=Carol Herselle Krinsky | title=Rockefeller Center | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1978 | isbn=978-0-19-502404-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xlDAQAAIAAJ | page= 151}}</ref><ref name=roussel/><ref name=adams>{{Cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1985RockefellerCenter.pdf|title=Rockefeller Center Designation Report|date=1985|publisher=[[Government of New York City|City of New York]]; [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|last=Adams|first=Janet|page=151|access-date=2017-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113311/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1985RockefellerCenter.pdf|archive-date=2017-11-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> The north-south axis of the [[armillary sphere]] on his shoulders points towards the [[North Star]]'s position relative to New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757271,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501031631/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757271,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2011|title=Art: Rockefeller Atlas | magazine=Time | date=1937-01-11 | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref> The statue stands on one muscular leg atop a small stone pedestal, whose corner faces Fifth Avenue.<ref name=roussel/>
+Atlas is depicted carrying the celestial vault on his shoulders.<ref name=krinsky>{{cite book | last=Krinsky | first=Carol H. |author-link=Carol Herselle Krinsky | title=Rockefeller Center | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1978 | isbn=978-0-19-502404-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xlDAQAAIAAJ | page= 151}}</ref><ref name=roussel/><ref name=adams>{{Cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1985RockefellerCenter.pdf|title=Rockefeller Center Designation Report|date=1985|publisher=[[Government of New York City|City of New York]]; [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|last=Adams|first=Janet|page=151|access-date=2017-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113311/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1985RockefellerCenter.pdf|archive-date=2017-11-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> The north–south axis of the [[armillary sphere]] on his shoulders points towards the [[North Star]]'s position relative to New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757271,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501031631/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757271,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2011|title=Art: Rockefeller Atlas | magazine=Time | date=1937-01-11 | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref> The statue stands on one muscular leg atop a small stone pedestal, whose corner faces Fifth Avenue.<ref name=roussel/>
 ==In popular culture==
 The piece has since been appropriated as a symbol of the [[Objectivism|Objectivist]] movement<ref name="atlashistory">{{cite web|title=History of Atlas Shrugged |publisher=Ayn Rand Institute |access-date=January 14, 2013 |url=http://atlasshrugged.com/the-book/genesis-of-the-book/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210182843/http://atlasshrugged.com/the-book/genesis-of-the-book/ |archive-date=February 10, 2014 }}</ref> and has been associated with [[Ayn Rand]]'s novel ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' (1957).
-It has been featured in almost every episode of the television series ''[[30 Rock]]'', appearing in numerous [[establishing shot]]s depicting the [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]] building, where the series is set.{{cn|date=December 2017}} Most [[Rainforest Cafe]] locations have a statue resembling this one in a waterfall with a fountain, with the words "Rescue the Rainforest" in green neon letters across the equator of the globe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/downtown-disney-district/rainforest-cafe/|title=Rainforest Cafe | access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>
+It has been featured in almost every episode of the television series ''[[30 Rock]]'', appearing in numerous [[establishing shot]]s depicting the [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]] building, where the series is set. Most [[Rainforest Cafe]] locations have a statue resembling this one in a waterfall with a fountain, with the words "Rescue the Rainforest" in green neon letters across the equator of the globe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/downtown-disney-district/rainforest-cafe/|title=Rainforest Cafe | access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref>
 [[Ridley Scott]] has cited the sculpture as the aesthetic inspiration for the character "Mother," on [[HBO Max]]'s ''[[Raised by Wolves (American TV series)|Raised by Wolves]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/raised-by-wolves-ridley-scott-aaron-guzikowski-interview/|title = Raised by Wolves: Ridley Scott and Aaron Guzikowski Talk Parenting on a New Planet|date = September 2020}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-*[[Atlas (architecture)]]
+* [[Atlas (architecture)]]
-*[[Farnese Atlas]]
+* [[Farnese Atlas]]
 ==References==
@@ Line 48: / Line 49: @@
 ==External links==
 {{Commons category|Atlas statue (New York City)|Atlas statue}}
-*[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&uri=full=3100001~!19454~!0 ''Atlas''] from Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture of the [[Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum|Smithsonian American Art Museum]]
+* [http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&uri=full=3100001~!19454~!0 ''Atlas''] from Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture of the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]
+* [https://www.rockefellercenter.com/art/atlas/ ''Atlas'' from rockefellercenter.com]
-*[https://www.rockefellercenter.com/art/atlas/ ''Atlas'' from rockefellercenter.com]
 {{Public art in Manhattan}}