11 / The Urban Experience

• • ParthenonIktinos and Kallikrates (architects); Pheidias (fl. c. 490–430 BC) (sculptor)	Bartolomeo ColleoniAndrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488)	The Working Class (detail)José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949)	Chrysler BuildingWilliam van Alen (American, 1882/3–1954)	The City RisesUmberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916)	View of DelftJohannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675)
    Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi Yoru no Kei) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)	Paris Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)	Great MosqueUnknown artist(s), Niger Inland Delta, Mopti Region, Mali	Ruins of the White Temple and ZigguratUnknown artist(s). Uruk, Mesopotamia	Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace)Unknown artist(s), Rome	St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s SquareMichelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), Carlo Moderno (Italian, 1556–1629), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680), et al.
    Tribute to Jackie RobinsonDavid McShane (American, b. ca. 1970)	I Hear you BroDarius Jones (Leon Reid IV) (American, b. 1979) in collaboration with Brad Downey (American, b. 1980)	La grande vitesseAlexander Calder (American, 1898–1976)	Benjamin Franklin ParkwayPaul Philippe Cret (French, 1876–1945) and Jacques Greber (French, 1882–1962) (designers)	The Gates, Project for Central Park, New YorkChristo (American, Bulgarian-born, b. 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (American, French-born, 1935-2009)	The New York City WaterfallsOlafur Eliasson (Danish, b. 1967)

expert perspective

Anne Pasternak President and Artistic Director, Creative Time

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Projects like Christo’s Gates in Central Park are great examples of temporary works that have a lasting impression on our memories. Even people who don’t get to see them somehow feel like they know them. And there’s something about their scale that captures a lot of media attention so some people know about them around the world. Christo’s Gates brought millions of people to Central Park in February when normally only maybe tens of thousands of people at the most were going to Central Park and helped boost the local economy and that’s the reason why Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York City loves big public art projects. It really helps to boost the local economy. Anytime you went into a restaurant, everybody was talking about it. Every time you went into a taxi, the first thing your taxi driver said to you, ‘Have you seen the Gates? What do you think of the Gates?’ Everybody was talking to everybody. I’d never experienced anything like that in New York City before. Public art is about bringing people together and to share our commonalities and to remind us that we are, in fact, all connected.”