Chicago Cultural center - Landmark Gallery

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Chicago Cultural Center - Tiffany Windows

Stained Glass Windows..
attributed to Tiffany Studio
Removed from St. Colman's Church, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Chicago public Library Special Collection Division..
The marker reads..
Louis Comfort Tiffany [1848-1933] founder of Tiffany Studio in Long Island, New York, began his career as a painter. He began experimenting with the use of glass as an art form after founding in 1879 Louis C. Tiffany and Associate Artists, a complete home decorating firm. Tiffany Company eventually became primarily of glass works, including windows, such as the once shown here, lamps and blown glass items. His glass creations are known for their use of innovative techniques, including his invention of iridescent glass and drapery glass, the later term coined to describe his sophisticated approach to the depiction of fabric folds. Tiffany disliked the use of paint on glass, preferring to create the desired effect by manipulating the glass itself. the only exception he would allow was the painting of faces, arms and legs. these windows from Colman's Church show signs of paints having being applied to their faces- and it must be assumed that this overpainting was not done at Tiffany Studio..

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Chicago Cultural Center - Photograph by Jan Theun van Reese

A segment of the glass dome, by Healy & Millet in the G.A.R. Rotunda, at the Chicago Cultural Center.. And how does it look from behind ???
Jan Theun van Rees' photograph below, shows just that..









Jan Theun van Rees
Cultural Center
Above GAR Dome 1 XL, Sep, 2005
Archival pigment ink on canvas..
Jan Theun van Rees is a Dutch photographer.

Rod Slemmons, MoCP Director, writes about Jan Theun van Rees..
[MoCP - Museum of Contemporary Photography]
Architectural photographers generally make buildings look like they don’t. We correct perspective, eliminate background distractions, and wait for that perfect 15 minutes of daylight that makes the façade look like the architect’s drawing. And, of course, we do what photography is best at—we record surfaces. Jan Theun van Rees has broken through these conventions and gone beneath the visible skin of buildings here in Chicago. In a sense he has made the buildings transparent, allowing us access to the seemingly chaotic and asymmetrical service spaces and structural components that support the elegantly even exteriors...
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Katherine R. Lieber, explains his works as, he exposes Architectural privacy, spaces that lay hidden or dormant, yet graced with unexpected harmonies and rhythms -- Jan Theun van Rees's photographs study the inner workings and forgotten rooms of vintage buildings..
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This photograph by Jan Theun van Rees, exposes the space behind this glass dome, by Healy and Millet, in the GAR Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center..

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Chicago Cultural Center - The Y-symbol

Y symbol at the entrance..








Y-symbol in the Preston Bradley Hall..

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# Y-symbol at Chicago Cultural Center..

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Chicago Cultural Center - What is this?

What's this?
I'm guessing a mythological creature??
Whatever is it, is there a theme???
I noticed a recurrent occurrence of this creature.. bronze sculpture at the entrance, engraved in mosaics of the grand staircase and on staircase landing.. and even on the ceiling in GAR Hall..
Is there a theme, or just my imagination?
Have I put totally unrelated figures together?


Bronze sculpture at the Washington Street entrance..


Engraved in the mosaics at the grand staircase..


GAR Hall ceiling..

And there is more...


Look at this closely at the Grand Stairways from Washington Street entrance.. The below image shows the details.. and it's there..




And here is the Randolph Street entrance.. and look at the details on ceiling below... Theese creatures are there....



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Chicago Cultural Center - Wall inscriptions

Benjamin Franklin, Founder of Circulating Library
Born: MDCCVI Died MDCCXG
Born: 1706.. Died 1790
Public library is also called circulating library]









A library requires an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of dawn.
-Victor Hugo
He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.
-Issac Barrow
A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond life.
- Milton
The real use of all knowledge is this that we should dedicate that reason which was given us by God for the use and advantage of man
- Bacon..

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Fine Arts Building - I

Address: 410 S. Michigan Ave.
Year Built: 1885 addition and remodeling, 1898
Architect: Solon S. Beman
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: June 7, 1978..


The plaque reads..
Chicago Landmark..
Fine Arts Building
Solon S. Beman, architect
1885
Converted to Fine Arts Building in 1898..
Built by the Studebaker company for the assembly and display of their carriages and wagons, this building was converted into studios and theaters for artists and craftsmen in 1898. The renovation involved adding three floors and designing an interior that would reflect the interests of the new tenants. The interior public spaces, including murals on the 10th floor, remain virtually untouched from the 1898 remodeling..
Designated a Chicago Landmark, on July 7, 1978..
by the City Council of Chicago
Michael A. Bilandic, Mayor
Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks..










The bronze cast elevator doors and ornate clocks are buildings original features..


Tenth Floor.. These murals have not been touched since 1898..


Murals on the tenth floor, not touched since 1898..


Corridor on the tenth floor..


One of the Studio rooms on the tenth floor..
Meet Rich Lo..


From the tenth floor..