The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . the spectator. As It is, the eye takesin at a glance its chaste, plain exterior, and the mind is thrilled withthe idea of its stupendous size, solidity and strength. Yet it is not to be understood that the structure is free from or-namentation. On the contrary, the interior of its domes bear upontheir surfaces some of the most notable of the mural decorationscf the Fair. These paintings are as follows: In the dome of thenorth entrance, by Beckwith, four females, symbolical of *Elec-tricity as Applied to Commerce; by Shirlaw, four figures on nug
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . the spectator. As It is, the eye takesin at a glance its chaste, plain exterior, and the mind is thrilled withthe idea of its stupendous size, solidity and strength. Yet it is not to be understood that the structure is free from or-namentation. On the contrary, the interior of its domes bear upontheir surfaces some of the most notable of the mural decorationscf the Fair. These paintings are as follows: In the dome of thenorth entrance, by Beckwith, four females, symbolical of *Elec-tricity as Applied to Commerce; by Shirlaw, four figures on nug-gets of gold and silver, a branch of coral and a huge pearl, repre-sentinof The Abundance of Land and Sea. Over the eastentrance, by Simmons, four nude men, a blacksmith for iron, a MANUFACTURES. lOl sculptor for stone, and others; by Kenyon Cox, a woman bendinga sword, representing The Metal-workers Art; a woman hold-ing a distaff and weavuig, a woman decorating a vase, representing Pottery ; and Building, represented by a woman holding a car. GKNERAL VIEW O^ AUSTRIAN SECTION. penters square with a partly finished brick wall at the back. At thesouth entrance, by Reid, three seated figures of women against thesky, representing The Art of Design, and one seated man, a metal-worker ; by J. Alden Weir, female figures, representing Pottery,Sculpture, Decoration and Textile Arts. At the west entrance, byBlashfield, wino^ed figures alleo^orical of the arts of the Armorerthe Brass-worker, the Iron-worker and the Stone-worker; by Rein-hart, seated figures, representing the Goldsmiths and other decora-tive arts, with vases of plants in the arches overhead. The sub-jects of Mr. Gari Melcherz panels over the southwest entrance are*The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace. Two panels, by I02 M ANUF ACTU Rt^. Mr. F. D. Millet, are located over the entrance of the northwestcorner; they represent the weaving trades, the subjects being** Penelope at the Loom and The Return of Ulysses. Twopanels,
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