Court of Flowers, by Kelham. Italian Renaissance, Byzantine touches.
Opposite Festival Hall, between Palaces of Varied Industries and Mines.
Details different from Court of Palms; ornament richer.
Figure on tower, "The Fairy," by Carl Gruppe.
Palaces at sides of court: to the west, Manufactures; to the east,
Varied Industries.
Italian towers, by Kelham, same feeling. Outlines on top different from
those in Court of Palms.
"The American Pioneer," equestrian statue at entrance, by Solon Borglum,
of New York. Patriarchal. Suggests Joaquin Miller. Warlike trappings of
horse picturesque, but sixteenth century Spanish, out of place.
Spanish loggia around second story of court, southern in feeling,
implying warm climate.
"Oriental Flower Girl," female figure in niches along loggia, by Calder.
Griffons around frieze on top of columns.
Corridors, pink walls, smoked olive columns with orange capitals.
Against wall, Corinthian coupled pilasters.
Roman banging lamps, by Kelham, suggest bronze, great weight. Bronze,
pink, green, and cream. Italian bronze lanterns suggest blue eucalyptus.
Lamp standards between columns, globe half concealed, by Kelham. Charm
of effect, improvement on those with globe wholly visible.
Conventionalized lions in pairs at portals, by Albert Laessle, of
Philadelphia.
Fountain, "Beauty and the Beast," by Edgar Walter, of San Francisco.
Sandals and hat on woman. Beast at her feet. Fauns and satyrs, piping,
under circular bowl. Frieze outside edge of bowl, lion, bear, ape, and
tiger repeated; playful. Designed for Court of Palms to be seen from
above.
Lophantha trees, trimmed four feet from ground, branching out six feet
across, along walks.
Vista through fairy-like Court of the Ages to Florentine Tower and blue
sky beyond, from south entrance of Court of Flowers.