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"Light of Learning" (1926) by Lee Lawrie |
With the Library's renovation in 1993, new sculptures and murals were integrated into the restored Goodhue building, the new Bradley Wing and Atrium, and the Maguire Gardens.
The Library Chandeliers
Compare the different approaches to integrating public art and architecture with the Library's famous chandeliers. In the Goodhue Building Rotunda, the bronze and glass "Zodiac Chandelier" draws the view upward to the painted sunburst ceiling. In the Bradley Wing Atrium, skylights flood the hall with light, illuminating the chandeliers and lamp sculptures as well as the glass-fronted reading rooms.
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Bradley Wing Atrium "Natural, Technological, Ethereal" (1993) by Therman Statom "Illuminations" (1993) by Ann Preston |
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Goodhue Building Rotunda "Zodiac Chandelier" (1926) by Lee Lawrie "Americanization of California" mural (1932) by Dean Cornwell untitled rotunda ceiling stenciling (1926) by Julian Garnsey |