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Politics in Minnesota's representative image is Progress of the State, the sculpture that presides over Minnesota's Capitol grounds from the South portico. The sculpture is in the form of a quadriga, a four-horse chariot, and includes the figures of two women and a man. The horses are representative of the four classical elements: earth, fire, water, and air. The women are meant to symbolize industry and agriculture, and together, civilization. The man is symbolic of prosperity, and holds a standard that reads 'Minnesota.' The sculptors were Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter. The quadriga was set in place in 1906, one year after the Capitol was built; it was removed for restoration in 1994. The sculpture is copper over a steel frame, with a brilliant gold leaf gilded surface.
The quadriga is the signature touch on the stately and grand Minnesota State Capitol. As the immediately recognizable symbol of the center of politics and governance in the state, as well as the progress and prosperity of its people, the quadriga is a fitting device to represent Minnesota's premier source for public affairs news and analysis.
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