Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San FranciscoJames, Juliet Helena Lumbard
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Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco
James, Juliet Helena Lumbard
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Sculpture
Into the great Court of the Universe, from the top of the Arch of the
Occident, march the types of men who have made the Western civilization.
From left to right - the French-Canadian, the Alaskan, the German, the
Latin-American, the Italian, the Anglo-American, the Squaw, the American
Indian. In the center of this well-balanced pyramidal group, surmounted
by Enterprise and drawn by sturdy oxen, comes the old prairie schooner.
To right and left atop are seen the Heroes of Tomorrow - one a white
boy, the other a negro type. In front marches the splendid Mother of
Tomorrow.
The Nations of the Orient
A. Stirling Calder, Frederick Roth, Leo Lentelli, Sculptors
Atop the Arch of the Orient is the superb tableau representing the types
of men that form the Orientals. From left to right - the Arab Sheik, the
Negro Servitor, the Egyptian Warrior, the Arab Falconer, the Indian
Prince and Spirit of the East, the Lama, the Mohammedan Warrior, the
Negro Servitor, the Mongolian Warrior. On they come to join the Nations
of the West in the great Court of the Universe. This group is as fine as
any group ever seen at an exposition. It rises in its impressive
pyramidal height to a climax in the Spirit of the East - a fitting pivot
on which to turn the types.
The Alaskan
Frederick Roth, Sculptor
Frederick Roth has fashioned one of the most expressive figures of the
Exposition sculpture, but so far above the eye is she and so
overshadowed by her companions, that we do not see her in her true
light. It is the Alaskan Indian of the Nations of the Occident. She is
moving on with her totem poles and blankets. You feel her tug and
strain, for her load is growing heavier with each step, and she has yet
a long way to go. The modeling of the figure, the foot, the rigid arm
and hand, all tell of sustained effort that is truly life-like in
expression.
The Lama
Frederick Roth, Sculptor
The priest of Thibet, the Lama, passes on his onward march before you.
You do not wonder what race claims him. He is of Mongolian blood. He
stolidly passes by, looking neither to the right nor to the left. He is
used to being obeyed. His rod of authority tells you that what he says
is law. Indifference and arrogance are on his face. His very posture,
the very way in which his robe hangs from his shoulders, the position of
his nerveless fingers that hold the rod, speak of centuries of
indifference to everything except what he thinks.
The Genius of Creation
Daniel Chester French, Sculptor
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