Campus Quiz: Statues and Sculptures

Everywhere you look at FDU, there’s art! Take this quiz to test your FDU art knowledge. Are you up for the challenge?

Answers below!

Lion sculpture atop a pillar near the entrance to Wroxton Abbey, with British and American flags visible.

(Photo: Brian Lewis)

A. These lions replaced a long-lost pair of lions on the porch at Wroxton College. When were they purchased?

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. statue on the Metropolitan Campus.

(Photo: Alan Brian Nilsen)

B. This gentleman visited FDU twice. Can you complete his famous quote correctly? “I have a dream that my little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged not by the color of their skin but by …”

 

The bronze "Ulysses" statue by Ivan Meštrović, located on the Florham Campus.

(Photo: Zave Smith)

C. Which FDU campus first held this bronze “Ulysses” statue by Ivan Meštrović, and where was it located? Where is the statue now?

 

Mother and Child sculpture by William Zorach, set on a pedestal in front of blooming trees.

(Photo: Bluestone Photography)

D. Artist William Zorach once said of this work, “It is love that is felt so intensely that the artist had to record it to give it back to humanity.” What is the name of this sculpture and on which campus is it located?

 

Marble sculpture of Venus emerging from a clamshell, with cherubs and dolphins.

(Photo: Brian Lewis)

E. This polished marble sculpture of the birth of the goddess Venus emerging from a seashell and attended by cherubs was donated to the University by Harry Chesler. Where is it located?

 

Sculpture of Romeo and Juliet in the gardens at Wroxton College

(Photo: Dan Landau)

F. Which two classic lovers are depicted in this sculpture in the gardens at Wroxton College?

 

The World Peace Screen statue on FDU's Metropolitan Campus, surrounded by autumn trees.

(Photo: Bluestone Photography)

G. At what event was the “World Peace Screen” on the Metropolitan Campus originally displayed?

 

A. The lions arrived in the summer of 2019.

B. “… the content of their character.”

C. “Ulysses” first stood outside Messler Library on the Rutherford Campus. It’s now in Dreyfuss Plaza at the Florham Campus. A duplicate stands outside Edward Williams Hall on the Metropolitan Campus.

D. “Mother and Child” stands on the Metropolitan Campus.

E. Venus resides in the Hassan Orangerie, part of the Monninger Center for Learning and Research at the Florham Campus.

F. The lovers are Romeo and Juliet.

G. This sculpture was first built by alumnus Paul Von Ringelheim, BS’58 (Ruth), on the grounds of the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair. The fair’s theme was “Peace Through Understanding.”