Center for Adventist Research | Photograph Database | Educational Institutions | Andrews University | b18224465_k0001
Image Information:
| Title: | Andrews University Science Complex (Sculpture) |
| Description: | The sculpture for the Science Complex was designed by Alan Collins (an art professor) is an upsurging ribbon of reinforced concrete that runs its course and returns to earth as a symbol of the life span. it twists in a way to remind us of the DNA spiral, so central to the growth process; and its two linked loops evoke the splitting and dividing of cells that take place in growth. The subsidiary forms, cantilevering outwards contrast with the vertical thrust of the central life-force form. They represent the four primitive elements - air, earth, fire and water. The creative power of Christ and His centrality is symbolized by the mandorla, the form achieved by overlapping two circles set in the paving of the upper rectangular patio. The piece is appropriately named Regeneration. The chief engineer for the sculpture, Dr. William Davidson, dean of the AU College of Technology, said that the piece required an engineering analysis as complex as that for the St. louis arch |
| Created: | 197- |
| Artist: | Bujak, Adam R. 1950- |
| Physical Desc: | 1 photograph : black and white ; 17 x 12 cm |
| Physical Reference: | P 011606 |
- Andrews University (Berrien Springs, MI) -- Buildings and Campus |
- Seventh-day Adventist Education |
- Seventh-day Adventists -- Michigan
Citation: Bujak, Adam R. 1950- 197-. Andrews University Science Complex (Sculpture). Database on-line. Center for Adventist Research Image Database. http://centerforadventistresearch.org/photos (accessed Jul 3, 2024).