Central Park

====Sculptures====
{{Main|Public art in Central Park}}
[[File:Bethesda Fountain angel sunny winter day.JPG|thumb|upright=1|alt=Bethesda Fountain angel at the center of a brick plaza| ''Angel of the Waters'' (1873) in [[Bethesda Fountain]]]]
Twenty-nine sculptures have been erected within Central Park's boundaries.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1974|p=7 (PDF p. 8)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/09/lives-remembered-in-the-statues-and-monuments-of-central-park/ |title=The Lives Behind the Statues and Monuments of Central Park|date=September 19, 2012|publisher=[[WNET]]|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029151528/http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/09/lives-remembered-in-the-statues-and-monuments-of-central-park/|archive-date=October 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments|title=Central Park Monuments |publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321195900/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments |archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the sculptures were not part of the Greensward Plan, but were nevertheless included to placate wealthy donors when appreciation of art increased in the late 19th&nbsp;century.{{sfn|Kinkead|1990|pp=89–90}}{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=329–331}}{{sfn|Heckscher|2008|pp=68–69}} Though Vaux and Mould proposed 26&nbsp;statues in the Terrace in 1862, these were eliminated because they were too expensive.{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=329–331}} More sculptures were added through the late 19th&nbsp;century, and by 1890s, there were 24&nbsp; in the park.{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|p=332}}

Several busts of authors and poets are on Literary Walk adjacent to the Central Park Mall.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1974|p=7 (PDF p. 8)}}{{sfn|Berman|2003|p=59}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/mall-literary-walk.html |title=The Mall and Literary Walk|publisher=Central Park Conservancy|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510085304/http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/mall-literary-walk.html|archive-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> Another cluster of sculptures, around the Zoo and Conservancy Water, are statues of characters from children's stories. A third sculpture grouping primarily depicts "subjects in nature" such as animals and hunters.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1974|p=7 (PDF p. 8)}}

Several sculptures stand out because of their geography and topography.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1974|p=7 (PDF p. 8)}} ''[[List of sculptures in Central Park#Fictional characters|Alice in Wonderland Margaret Delacorte Memorial]]'' (1959), a sculpture of [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice]], is at [[Conservatory Water]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/13|title=Alice in Wonderland|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524032949/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/13|archive-date=May 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/05/06/archives/wonderland-to-be-dedicated.html |title=Wonderland' to Be Dedicated|date=May 6, 1959|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 19, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''Angel of the Waters'' (1873), by [[Emma Stebbins]], is the centerpiece of Bethesda Fountain;<ref name="Reynolds p. 322" />{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=329–331}} it was the first large public sculpture commission for an American woman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/114|title=Bethesda Fountain|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417025700/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/114|archive-date=April 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and the only statue included in the original park design.{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|pp=329–331}} ''[[Statue of Balto|Balto]]'' (1925), a statue of [[Balto]], the sled dog who became famous during the [[1925 serum run to Nome]], is near East Drive and East 66th&nbsp;Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/75|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|title=Balto|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327195017/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/75|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[King Jagiello Monument]]'' (1939), a bronze monument installed in 1945, is at the east end of [[Great Lawn and Turtle Pond, Central Park|Turtle Pond]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/highlights/13318 |work=Central Park Highlights|title=King Jagiello Monument|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628182325/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/highlights/13318 |archive-date=June 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Women's Rights Pioneers Monument]]'' (2020), a monument of [[Sojourner Truth]], [[Susan B. Anthony]], and [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hines|first=Morgan|date=August 26, 2020|title='We have broken the bronze ceiling': First monument to real women unveiled in NYC's Central Park|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/08/26/new-york-central-park-statue-womens-rights-pioneers-monument-up/5632949002/|access-date=August 26, 2020|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en-US}}</ref> was the city's first statue to depict a female historical figure.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kolodny|first=Sarah|title=First Statue of Real Women to Debut in Central Park in 2020|publisher=[[NBC New York]]|date=July 24, 2018|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/First-Ever-Statue-Depicting-Real-Women-Coming-to-Central-Park-in-2020-489028501.html|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421001814/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/First-Ever-Statue-Depicting-Real-Women-Coming-to-Central-Park-in-2020-489028501.html|archive-date=April 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Central Park's first-ever female statue is coming in 2020|work=Time Out New York|date=July 24, 2018|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/central-parks-first-ever-female-statue-is-coming-in-2020-072418|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421001814/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/central-parks-first-ever-female-statue-is-coming-in-2020-072418|archive-date=April 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>