. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. ndthe same sculptor modeled the fine carvings over the threeentrance arches, in which Literature, Science and Art (reading,as always in this book, from left to right) typified by pairs oflife-size figures leaning against the curve of the arches, andaccompanied by appropriate symbols^a writing tablet and abook, the torch of knowledge and a globe, and the mallet ofsculpture and palette and brush of painting, respectively. The Bronze Doors with-in the entrance archesadmit us to the main en-trance hall of the doors are worthy
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. ndthe same sculptor modeled the fine carvings over the threeentrance arches, in which Literature, Science and Art (reading,as always in this book, from left to right) typified by pairs oflife-size figures leaning against the curve of the arches, andaccompanied by appropriate symbols^a writing tablet and abook, the torch of knowledge and a globe, and the mallet ofsculpture and palette and brush of painting, respectively. The Bronze Doors with-in the entrance archesadmit us to the main en-trance hall of the doors are worthy ofstudy, and together em-body the development ofrecorded knowledge fromprehistoricai tradition andbardic tales to the mod-ern preservation of historyand science by printing. The first door, at theleft, means Tradition. Itstympanum was modeledby the late Olin L. Warner,in a manner suggesting awise woman of prehistorictimes relating the tradi-tion of her ancestors to an o i> ., - . , Bronze Door eager child. Among her Main Entrance, Library of Congress. 84 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE auditors are anAmerican Indian(whose face is thatof Joseph, chief ofthe Nez Perces), aNorseman, a manof the stone age,and a shepherd,representative ofthe pastoral andMemory are de-picted in the panelson the left and rightvalves of the dooritself. With a similaridea Mr. Warneralso figured a wo-man, over his doorat the right, teach-ing children the Artof Writing, whilethe four peoples ofthe world—Egypt-ian, Jew, Christian,and Greek—whoseliteratures have been most influential, are typified in attentivefigures. On the double door are Research, at the left, andTruth (with symbolic mirror and serpent), at the right. Thisdoor was unfinished at the time of Mr. Warners death and wascompleted by Mr. Herbert Adams. In the tympanum of the central door, by Frederick Mac-monnics, is typified the Art of Printing. Minerva, goddess oflearning, is sending books to the world by her winged me
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