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The Art of the world illustrated in the paintings, statuary, and architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition with Goupil water-color facsimiles, photogravures, and many smaller plates (1893)

New York : D. Appleton · leaf 78

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six hundred and eighteen thousand dollars. It measures five hundred by eight hundred feet, and its annex is three hundred by five hundred feet. The design is bold and heroic. Mammoth Corinthian pillars dignify the main entrances. On each corner, and at the center of the building, pavilions are… … of the agricultural industry. Each corner pavilion is surmounted by domes, above which tower groups of statuary. From the center of the building rises a glass dome one hundred and thirty feet high, on which stands the famous statue of Diana, by Augustus St. Gaudens. To the southward of the…

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) · Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Exhibitions · Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Exhibitions

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