considered merely as a pattern of color. These two panels, if not the
finest of all, at least must take rank among the best three or four.

The North Court of Abundance

Passing under the tower from the Court of Abundance one comes out in the
little north court that is conceived in the same spirit, and which
likewise is dominated by the Mullgardt tower. The architecture here is
like an echo of that of the main court, the decorated spaces alternating
with bare spaces. The tower sculptures are all repeated on this side.
The only sculpture within the north court is Sherry Fry's
personification of Aquatic Life. The statue is of a heavy sort that
should be anywhere but in this place of ethereal mood and exquisite
detailed workmanship. Blot out the background and you can see that the
figure has a certain solid grace. But if designed for this court it
fails of its decorative purpose.



Court of the Universe



The Court of the Universe is the most magnificent of the courts.
Considering the many units-the noble arches, the long colonnades with
their corner pavilions, the sunken garden with its fountains and
decorative sculpture, and the vista to the Column of Progress and the
Marina-it is by far the richest in artistic interest. But is it so
imposing, so vast, that it necessarily lacks the sense of quiet
restfulness and intimacy of appeal of the smaller courts. It is in a