Boston Public Library - MA -"Muses Welcoming the Genius of Enlightenment"

Description: Boston Public Library - MA -"Muses Welcoming the Genius of Enlightenment": The Boston Central Library is located in Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. The central library consists of McKim Building and Johnson Building, and the two buildings are attached and interconnected with interior passageways. The central library as a whole with the two buildings combined contains 930,000 square feet (86,000 m2) of space and houses 21,000,000 items in its collections as of 2015. he Boston Public Library McKim Building (built 1895) in Copley Square contains the library's research collection, exhibition rooms and administrative offices. When it opened in 1895, the new Boston Public Library was proclaimed a "palace for the people." The building includes lavish decorations, a children's room (the first in the nation), and a central courtyard surrounded by an arcaded gallery in the manner of a Renaissance cloister. The grand staircase ends at the Puvis de Chavannes Gallery with a mural: "Muses Welcoming the Genius of Enlightenment." Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter, who became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and whose work influenced many other artists. Though his reputation has since declined, he was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will". There are several other paintings in the gallery, with a theme of poetry, philosophy, history, and science. About Muses, Chavannes had said, "The muses of inspiration hail the spirit, the harbinger of light." This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard is in good condition, but shows some edge wear. Phostint. No. 10233.

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Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2025-01-02T03:03:52.000Z

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