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| Title: | "Let us Beat Swords into Plowshares" at the United Nations north garden area |
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| Notes: | The sculpture by Evgeniy Vuchetich, called "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares", a gift from the then Soviet Union was presented on 4 December 1959. The bronze statue represents the figure of a manholding a hammer in one hand, in the other, a sword which he is making into a plowshare, symbolizing man's desire to put an end to war andconvert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefitof all mankind.
First Sunday in Advent, Year A: The second chapter of Isaiah, verse 4, is powerfully represented by this sculpture gift from an "enemy" country: "He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
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| Date: | 1957 |
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| Artist: | Vuchetich, Evgeniy Viktorovich, 1908-1974 |
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| Building: | United Nations
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| Object/Function: | Sculpture, freestanding |
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| Material: | Metal |
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| City/Town: | New York
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| State: | NY
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| Country: | United States
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| Scripture: | Isaiah 2:1-5
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| Lectionary links: | AAdvt01
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| General Subject: | Peace
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| Copyright Source: | United Nations; Rodsan18 on August 2, 2007; strict fair use clause - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UN_Swords_into_Plowshares_Statue.JPG |
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| Attribution: | Vuchetich, Evgeniy Viktorovich, 1908-1974. "Let us Beat Swords into Plowshares" at the United Nations north garden area, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=52961 [retrieved April 25, 2024]. Original source: United Nations; Rodsan18 on August 2, 2007; strict fair use clause - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UN_Swords_into_Plowshares_Statue.JPG. |
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| Record Number: | 52961
Last Updated: 2024-04-16 13:46:16
Record Created: 2007-10-17 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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