. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. STUDIES ON AND KINDRED INSTITUTIONS. 445 which, as was said, will soon 1« ; As can ^'^^^^^^^^ tical s;ction (fig. 44), there a,e a few rooms in a •» ^^.J » - t^« second floor (the uppermost o the " ). .e n tao^:, three of these on the inner side of each wing. These also se. ve tn. ,™otes of the art school or are nsed for temporary exhibits con- 3 dierewith. The halls of the first Ao-/- ^ ,Hh : v '&qu
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. STUDIES ON AND KINDRED INSTITUTIONS. 445 which, as was said, will soon 1« ; As can ^'^^^^^^^^ tical s;ction (fig. 44), there a,e a few rooms in a •» ^^.J » - t^« second floor (the uppermost o the " ). .e n tao^:, three of these on the inner side of each wing. These also se. ve tn. ,™otes of the art school or are nsed for temporary exhibits con- 3 dierewith. The halls of the first Ao-/- ^ ,Hh : v '" 4?^,. oonli-ifIIrp<« Tn order to obtain a vimci thpv are too narrow tor sciuptureb. -lu yji^K:L ^ ,, ..... , h ough the doors of the front halls from one end of the bmldmg to the other which gives a pleasing eflect (Plate 21), a row ot casts has been ho ^d bacMthey are set on rollers) against the narrow window. PARTS IN LIGBT LINES NOT TET BUILT. Fk; 45-Art Institute of Chicago. First-floor plan, sculptures: 1, Egypt and Assyria; 2, Asia .linor -dea^y Greece;^ t^l!;,-I^'^^hil^el^ll^rv: cian; 5, Roman; 6, Renaissance; 8 and 10, j^"^^™'. \^4^;J^fJ " "and Herculaneum; 15. director; 9, secretary; 14, bronzes, 7-;^-;^^7„;,^^^^ ^Iw uJlding [ready since 1901], is . ^SS^X^::Zl. rSSi^in - aSuUural ca^ts. The light lines indicate rooms that have been planned but not yet built. Sides, so that it is necessary to look against the light. For the larger pieces it would have been desirable to have the halls, which l) ire crowded, higher than 20 feet. The building of the lectare hall (IS), the library (24), and the staircase, when completed, will interfere with the lighting of the corridors (2, 6, 11, 13), as they can then receive light only through a shaft. The «-«-^./;^«^-';^f t"^",''" corridors (2!) 33, 37, 44), is divided into 15 beautiful lofty halls, lb to 25 feet high, lighted from above; The entire structure >^ Provided with
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