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The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York
Artist / Origin: Christo (American, Bulgarian-born, b. 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (American, French-born, 1935-2009)
Region: North America
Date: 1979–2005
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Vinyl poles, nylon fabric, and metal bases
Medium: Architecture and Planning
Dimensions: H: 16 ft. (4.8 m.) (each gate)
Location: New York, NY (temporary installation)
Credit: © Alan Schein Photography/CORBIS
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Artist / Origin: Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488)
Region: Europe
Date: 1480s
Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE
Material: Bronze
Medium: Sculpture
Dimensions: H: 155.5 in. (395 cm.) (without base)
Location: Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy
Credit: © Adam Woolfitt/CORBIS
Art in public spaces is sometimes, but not always, civic in nature. There are countless and diverse reasons why people create art that is widely accessible to urban populations. Those reasons are often bound up with the specifics of the site and the identity of the population for which the work is made, as these two examples demonstrate.