Detail view of the serpent (which represents wisdom and knowledge) on the southwest side of the statue "Aspiration and Literature", one of to statues that make up the work "The Arts of Peace". "The Arts of Peace" are statues which adorn either side of the southern entrance of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in Washington, D.C., in the United States. They were designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser, and erected in 1951.