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The Art of the Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus
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Courts of Palms and of Flowers.

Caryatides - John Bateman and Mr. Calder
Winged half-figure in the attic-space, repeated all around the court.

Spandrels - Albert Weinert
Reclining decorative figures composed into the triangular spaces over
all the doorways in the corridor.

Court of Flowers:

Equestrian statue, "The Pioneer" - Solon Borglum
At the entrance of this court. Representing the white man and his
victorious civilization. (To be studied with "The End of the Trail.")

Lions (at the entrances) - Albert Laessle
Very conventional architectural decorative animal forms at the entrance
inside the Court of Flowers - used six times.

The Fairy (above the Italian Towers) - Carl Gruppe
[See Fairy under Court of Palms by the same artist.]

Central Fountain, "Beauty and the Beast" - Edgar Walter
Decorative fountain inside the court, with crowning figure of a young
woman, reposing on a fabulous beast.

Flower Girls (in niches) - A. Stirling Calder
Repeated figures, conventionally treated, of young women, decorated
profusely with flower garlands, in the attic space.

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