The Pan American Union: Peace, Friendship, Commerce
The book The Pan American Union: Peace, Friendship, Commerce was written by author Barrett, John, 1866-1938 Here you can read free online of The Pan American Union: Peace, Friendship, Commerce book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Pan American Union: Peace, Friendship, Commerce a good or bad book?
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In each medallion a single female figure is gracefully poised in mid-air and enveloped in delicate, cloud-like drapery that betrays the modeling of the figure beneath. The subjects "Love of 115 Country," "Concord," "Law" and "Enlightment " are symbolized by implements or tokens borne by the figures. In the design of the vestibule floor the center is surrounded by a large interlacing border and this in turn is edged with a strip of gleaming brass. The loops at the foot of each grand stairway hav...e centers of Formosa marble. The field is of Tennessee marble and the outer part of Knoxville. THOUGHTFUL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ORN.A.VIENTATION It is in the vestibule that the visitor first remarks the strongly individual character of the ornament. Instead of the pleasingly elegant and ever tasteful details that might naturally be looked for in a building so intelligently designed in accordance with the highest architectural scholarship of the daj- — and which, therefore, vv^ould not attract particular attention, for the reason that similar details might be looked for in dozens of the best office buildings of recent date — one is confronted by striking departures from conventional treatment.
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