Roger Noble Burnham Return to All Artists
"Astronomers Monument"
Photo (detail): Floyd B. Bariscale
 
"Astronomers Monument"
1934
Griffith Observatory
Sculpture, cast concrete
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outside main entrance
This is said to be the "most ambitious creation of the PWAP." Shown are astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, Galllileo, Kepler, Newton, and Herschel