Architect and engineer . EAST VIEW. SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE. WASHINGTONBebb and Gould. THE AND ENGINEER ^ 14 ^ NOVEMBER, NINKTKKN THIRTV-TIIREE stridden them so many years that theirmarble backs have taken on a poHsh, par-ticularly in those favored saddles betweenhead and hump or between hump andhump. But their calm tranquility has neveraltered. For centuries these wondrous ani-mals of stone stood facing on and part of is the more appropriate because their Ori-ental look is suggestive of what is mostunique in the buildings contents: the fineOriental collections, part
Architect and engineer . EAST VIEW. SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE. WASHINGTONBebb and Gould. THE AND ENGINEER ^ 14 ^ NOVEMBER, NINKTKKN THIRTV-TIIREE stridden them so many years that theirmarble backs have taken on a poHsh, par-ticularly in those favored saddles betweenhead and hump or between hump andhump. But their calm tranquility has neveraltered. For centuries these wondrous ani-mals of stone stood facing on and part of is the more appropriate because their Ori-ental look is suggestive of what is mostunique in the buildings contents: the fineOriental collections, particularly the jades,which likewise are the gift of the samegracious donors. The accompanying illustrations tell more. MARBLE CAMEL, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE, WASHINGTONBebb and Gould. Architects that great avenue approaching the Mingtombs near Peking. Now in a far distantplace the rams gaze westerly to the ruggedskyline of the Olympic mountains: now thecamels rest in a land which the Mingprinces knew not. Their presence before the beautifulbuilding given to Seattle bv Mrs. EugeneFuller and her son, Dr. Richard E. Fuller, forcibly than many a labored paragraph,the dignity and fine, pure simplicity thatcharacterizes this new museum, the work ofMessrs. Bebb and Gould. The beauty ofsharp-edged, flat, plane surfaces, of keenclean lines, of silvery aluminum tracery orlacery, all find expression here. It is abuilding worthy of being the home of finearts. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 15 ? NOVEMBER, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE
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