Editing Rockefeller Center (section)

===Statues===
[[File:NYC - St Patrick Cathedral - Facade and Atlas.jpg|thumb|''[[Atlas (statue)|Atlas]]'' (1936) faces [[St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)|St. Patrick's Cathedral]]]]

====''Atlas''====
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Commissioned in 1936 and executed by Lee Lawrie and Rene Chambellan, the ''Atlas'' statue is located in the International Building's courtyard. It faces eastward toward St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. The statue depicts [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] the titan, with exaggerated muscles, supporting the celestial vault on his shoulders.{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=151}}{{sfn|Adams|1985|p=139}}

==== ''Prometheus'' ====
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[[File:Rockefeller Center 2 (New York) (44331718505).jpg|thumb|''[[Prometheus (Manship)|Prometheus]]'' (1934)]]
Paul Manship's highly recognizable bronze [[gilding|gilded]] ''Prometheus'' statue, commissioned in 1934, is located at the western end of the sunken plaza.{{sfn|Adams|1985|p=167}}{{sfn|Roussel|2006|p=105}} It stands {{Convert|18|ft|m}} high and weighs {{Convert|8|ST|LT}}.<ref name="NYTimes-Prometheus-1934" /> The statue depicts the Greek legend of the Titan [[Prometheus]] recumbent, bringing fire to mankind. The statue is flanked by two smaller gilded representations of Youth and Maiden, which were relocated to Palazzo d'Italia from 1939 to 1984 because Manship thought the representations did not fit visually.{{sfn|Adams|1985|p=168}}{{sfn|Roussel|2006|p=101}}<ref>{{cite news | last=Teltsch | first=Kathleen | title=2 WORKS TO REJOIN PROMETHEUS AFTER 50 YEARS | work=The New York Times | date=April 8, 1984 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/nyregion/2-works-to-rejoin-prometheus-after-50-years.html | access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref> The model for Prometheus was Leonardo (Leon) Nole,<ref>{{cite web | last=Thomas | first=Robert McG. Jr. | title=Leonardo Nole, 91, Prometheus Statue's Model | website=The New York Times | date=February 27, 1998 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/27/nyregion/leonardo-nole-91-prometheus-statue-s-model.html | access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> and the inscription, a paraphrase from [[Aeschylus]], on the granite wall behind, reads: "Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends."{{sfn|Adams|1985|p=168}}{{sfn|Roussel|2006|p=105}}