The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growthBarry, John D. (John Daniel)
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The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth
Barry, John D. (John Daniel)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Southeast corner, "Winter," by Piccirilli. Bare tree at back; laborer
rests after tilling; one begins to sow, preparing for spring.
Murals in colonnades with fountains, by H. Milton Bancroft. Simple and
obvious, in the pagan spirit.
Above doorway in southwest corner, Spring. "Spring" and "Seedtime."
Northwest corner, Summer. "Summer" and "Fruition."
Northeast corner, Autumn. "Autumn" and "Harvest."
Southeast corner, Winter. "Festivity" and "Winter."
Murals in half-dome to south, Bancroft. Coloring and arrangement of
figures finer than in smaller panels.
On east wall under dome, "Art Crowned by Time." Father Time crowns Art;
on one side, figures of Weaving, Jewelry Making, Glassmaking; on other
Printing, Pottery, and Smithery.
"Man Receiving Instruction in Nature's Laws." Woman holds before a child
a tablet inscribed "Laws of Nature." Nature's laws applied to Earth,
Water, Fire, Love, Life, and Death.
North court, entrance to Court of Four Seasons. Wreaths, lion heads,
bulls' beads, harvest design on capitals of columns, repeated.
"Ceres," by Miss Beatrice Evelyn Longman, goddess of agriculture, wreath
of cereals and corn scepter. Figure conventional, prim and modish;
flowing skirt.
Figures below "Ceres" on drum represent carefree nature. In deep relief.
cameo-like. Figures of women, gracefully modeled, with garlands and
tambourines.
Satyrs spout water into bowl of fountain.
Trees, yews in couples, on either side of walks and center of lawn;
redwoods and eucalypti at sides of entrance to court.
Shiny-leaved dark green shrub, on borders in court, coprosma.
Mass of green, placed at end of court to hide Morro Castle. Deepens
intimate note of court.
French lighting standards at north end of court, by Ryan and Denneville.
Aisle of Sunset
Aisle approaching the Palace of Fine Arts, leading from Court of Four
Seasons, west to Administration Avenue, by Faville.
Central portal, Spanish Renaissance, with twisted Byzantine columns.
Globe above, symbolical of universal education.
Main sculptural group: "Education," by Gustave Gerlach, Weehawken, New
Jersey. Tree of knowledge in background. Left, kindergarten stage.
Center, half-grown children. Right, man working out problems for
himself.
Below, open book of knowledge radiating light in all directions. Small
figures draw aside curtains of darkness and ignorance. Hour-glass, "Time
Flies." Crown, for seekers of knowledge.
Educational panels inlaid in wall over smaller entrances, by pupils of
School of Sculpture of Beaux Arts Architects, and National Sculpture
Society.
Woman teacher, by W. H. Peters.
Man teacher, by Cesare Stea.
"Victory," on gables of buildings, by Louis Ulrich, of New York;
"Acroterium"; like "Victory of Samothrace."
Charm of green lattice-work in small doorways of palace.
Main doorway, Palace of Food Products, by Faville. Terra cotta effect on
sides of door. Eagles above door, inspiration. Green lattice-work in
doors.
Administration Avenue
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