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Identifier: internationalstu75newy (find matches)
Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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yama with the city olTokio spread at itsfoot. All that is possi-ble has been devised toenable the visitor toenjoy in combinationthe contemplation ofthe sublime in naturewith that of the sub-lime in art. A suggestion oiwhat the entrance hallwill be is furnished inthe sketch illustrated. A MEMORIAL s. I I PTURE Gliol P BY BISTOl I I SEPTEMBER I(>22 Jour fifty-n ine mceRnAcionAL
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Some little imagination must naturally THE WALL be reflected the glorv of the ceiling. , , . . . , . ,. • BY FRANK BRANGWYN ,. ,. be brought to bear in order to visualize I lie walls are lighted by means ot tour its ensemble. The mosaic ceiling is patterned in great stained-glass windows nobly designed byarabesques of blue and gold, the marble fountain Mr. Brangwyn in illustration of forms of greatis in shell form placed on a square base, its border modern industries such as boilermaking, bridgebeing of blue, its tiles of buff. In its waters will and locomotive construction, electrical enterprise, and so on. Mr. Brangwynsforceful interpretation of suchthemes is too widely recognizedto make it necessary to labor thepoint here. He is perhaps seento his best when engaged on suchsubjects, his mastery of thehuman form and his unrivalledskill in the management of anumber of figures in vigorousaction producing an extraor-dinary impressiveness. The walls of the interior havebeen kept a soft

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