Sculpture for the Bok Tower (Singing Tower) in Florida

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Sculpture for the Bok Tower (Singing Tower) in Florida is an ornate architectural sculpture program by Lee Lawrie that adorns the iconic carillon tower at Bok Tower Gardens, blending Gothic and Art Deco motifs into a symbolic, nature-inspired design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural sculpture program ⓘ
decorative architectural scheme ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ
architecturalElementOf Bok Tower ⓘ
linked to: Bok Tower Gardens

Singing Tower carillon ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ
artMovement American architectural sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith Bok Tower Gardens National Historic Landmark ⓘ
linked to: Bok Tower Gardens
commissionedBy Edward W. Bok ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator Lee Lawrie ⓘ
designedToComplement landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ
function ornamental ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
hasMotif animals ⓘ
birds ⓘ
flowers ⓘ
musical symbolism ⓘ
nature-inspired ornament ⓘ
religious symbolism ⓘ
sun and stars ⓘ
symbolic figures ⓘ
vines ⓘ
heritageDesignation contributing feature of a National Historic Landmark site ⓘ
inception late 1920s ⓘ
location Bok Tower Gardens ⓘ
Lake Wales, Florida ⓘ
materialUsed coquina stone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
marble ⓘ
notableFor blend of Gothic and Art Deco motifs ⓘ
integration with carillon tower architecture ⓘ
nature-inspired symbolic program ⓘ
partOf exterior decoration of the Singing Tower ⓘ
overall design of Bok Tower ⓘ
period interwar period ⓘ
subjectOf studies of Lee Lawrie’s work ⓘ

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