US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. St. John's Episcopal Church was designed by the Davis and Davis Architects northern Italian Romanesque. The sculpture was created by Salvatore Cartiano Scarpitta. The church was completed in 1925 and is located at 514 W. Adams Blvd. Salvatore Cartiano Scarpitta was born in Palermo, Italy, graduated from the Accademia di Belli Arti di Palermo and worked primarily as a sculptor. He immigrated to the United States in 1910. His first studio was in New York, and in 1923 he settled in Los Angeles where he completed numerous public sculptures including work for sculptures at the St. John's Episcopal Church, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the bas relief over the entrance of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. During Benito Mussolini’s era of power in the 1930s Scarpitta executed a bust of the Italian dictator to be displayed in Rome. Scarpitta was awarded a prize by the American Institute of Architects for the three panels over the entrance of the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, and also designed a marble relief over the entrance to the Stock Exchange's board room. Biographical statements credit Scarpitta with the sculptures at the "Church of the Sacred Blood" which may actually be the Church of the Precious Blood completed in 1926. Interior view towards the high altar, with the lectern in the foreground. The lectern is of marble and has a relief carving of St. John by the sculptor Salvatore Cartiano Scarpitta. The church is located at 514 W. Adams Blvd. Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Churches, St. Johns
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5870 ark:/21198/zz002cw01t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Churches--California--Los Angeles Arts Romanesque revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Bas-reliefs--California--Los Angeles Religion Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles St. John's Episcopal Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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