Historic photograph of the City of New York Building at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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Rockefeller Center Art

Guides to the sculpture, symbols and architectural detail that make Rockefeller Center one of New York’s great Art Deco ensembles.

Atlas sculpture at Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center Art Deco: A Guide to Lee Lawrie

A practical guide to finding Atlas, Wisdom and the larger sculptural program that Lee Lawrie helped shape at Rockefeller Center.

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Historic view of sculpture on Rockefeller Center’s International Building

Atlas at Rockefeller Center: What to Look For

A closer look at Lee Lawrie and Rene Chambellan’s Fifth Avenue landmark, its celestial sphere, and the details most visitors miss.

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Prometheus sculpture above the Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center

Prometheus at Rockefeller Center: A Visitor’s Guide

How to find, understand and look more closely at Paul Manship’s gilded Lower Plaza landmark, then see it in the larger Rockefeller Center art program.

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