Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


The Noble Quartet—The Complete Group

John Massey Rhind, Andrew Carnegie’s favorite sculptor, decorated the Carnegie Institute building with bronzes representing the Noble Quartet—science, art, music, and literature—to which the Institute was dedicated. At street level, each member of the quartet is represented by a portrait of one of its famous representatives. Above each statue, on the roof, is an allegorical group of female figures representing the abstract ideal. We have seen the pictures of the statues before, but since old Pa Pitt just recently took pictures of the allegorical groups, he thought it might be interesting to see everything together at once.

Science

Galileo

Galileo.

Science group
Science from a different angle

Art

Michelangelo

Michelangelo.

Art group
Art from a different angle

Music

Bach

Bach.

Music group
Detail of central figure
Music

Literature

Shakespeare
Literature group
Literature from a different angle

See a random picture
and become a better person

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if you wanted a book.

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