Africa (Four Continents sculpture)

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allegorical sculpture monumental sculpture outdoor sculpture public art sculptural group

Africa (Four Continents sculpture) is an allegorical monumental figure representing the continent of Africa, created as part of the "Four Continents" sculptural group adorning the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.

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Label Occurrences
Africa (Four Continents sculpture) canonical 4

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical sculpture ⓘ
monumental sculpture ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ
public art ⓘ
sculptural group ⓘ
accessibleTo public ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
artMovement Beaux-Arts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
depicts Africa ⓘ
personification of Africa ⓘ
genre allegorical art ⓘ
hasArtisticFunction embellishment of federal government building ⓘ
hasContext Four Continents allegorical program on the Custom House façade ⓘ
hasCulturalContext United States federal government buildings ⓘ
surface form: United States federal architecture

turn-of-the-20th-century monumental art ⓘ
hasPart Africa (Four Continents sculpture) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
America (Four Continents sculpture) ⓘ
Asia (Four Continents sculpture) ⓘ
Europe (Four Continents sculpture) ⓘ
hasType architectural sculpture ⓘ
figurative sculpture ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
part of a National Historic Landmark building ⓘ
inception early 20th century ⓘ
locatedAt United States Custom House ⓘ
surface form: Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
locatedIn Bowling Green ⓘ
Lower Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Financial District, Manhattan

Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Battery Park, Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Battery Park

Bowling Green subway station ⓘ
locatedOn exterior of Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf Four Continents (sculptural group) ⓘ
position façade of Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
subjectHasRole symbol of the continent of Africa ⓘ
use architectural decoration ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Four Continents sculptures (New York Custom House) → hasPart → Africa (Four Continents sculpture) ⓘ
Asia (Four Continents sculpture) → flankedBy → Africa (Four Continents sculpture) ⓘ
Europe (Four Continents sculpture) → flankedBy → Africa (Four Continents sculpture) ⓘ
Africa (Four Continents sculpture) → hasPart → Africa (Four Continents sculpture) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Four Continents (sculptural group)