BGuthrie Photos: DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Great Hall

DC -- National Academy of Sciences Bldg -- Great Hall:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NASGRT_181102_34.JPG: Hearken to the miseries that beset mankind. They were witless erst and I made them to have sense and be endowed with reason. Though they had eyes to see they saw in vain; they had ears but heard not. But, like to shapes in dreams, throughout their length of days without purpose they wrought all things in confusion. . . . They had no sign either of winter or of flowery spring or of fruitful summer, whereon they could depend, but in everything they wrought without judgment, until such time as I taught them to discern the risings of the stars and their settings. Aye, and numbers, too, chiefest of sciences, I invented for them, and the combining of letters, creative mother of muses' arts, wherewith to hold all things in memory. . . . Twas I and no one else that contrived the mariner's flaxen-winged car to roam the sea. . . . If ever man fell ill, there was no defence, but for lack of medicine they wasted away, until I showed them how to mix soothing remedies wherewith they now ward off all their disorders. . . . Hear the sum of the whole matter--every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus. -- Aeschylus: Prometheus Unbound
2. NASGRT_181213_01.JPG: Hildreth Meiere The Great Hall ceiling Commissioned 1922, completed 1924 Gesso- based paint and gold leaf
3. NASGRT_181213_41.JPG: Water
4. NASGRT_181213_45.JPG: Fire
5. NASGRT_181213_49.JPG: Earth
6. NASGRT_181213_54.JPG: Air
7. NASGRT_181213_56.JPG: Physics
8. NASGRT_181213_59.JPG: Institut de France Academie des Sciences
9. NASGRT_181213_81.JPG: Hearken to the miseries that beset mankind. They were witless erst and I made them to have sense and be endowed with reason. Though they had eyes to see they saw in vain; they had ears but heard not. But, like to shapes in dreams, throughout their length of days without purpose they wrought all things in confusion. . . . They had no sign either of winter or of flowery spring or of fruitful summer, whereon they could depend, but in everything they wrought without judgment, until such time as I taught them to discern the risings of the stars and their settings. Aye, and numbers, too, chiefest of sciences, I invented for them, and the combining of letters, creative mother of muses' arts, wherewith to hold all things in memory. . . . Twas I and no one else that contrived the mariner's flaxen-winged car to roam the sea. . . . If ever man fell ill, there was no defence, but for lack of medicine they wasted away, until I showed them how to mix soothing remedies wherewith they now ward off all their disorders. . . . Hear the sum of the whole matter--every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus. -- Aeschylus: Prometheus Unbound
Description of Subject Matter: Designed as the building’s focus and central feature, the Great Hall was used for the large Academy meetings until completion of the auditorium wing in 1970. The dome and its supporting elements are decorated with images that illustrate the history of science. The paintings on the dome were carefully cleaned during the restoration, as was the mural on the north wall that shows Prometheus lighting a torch from the chariot of the sun god Helios to bring knowledge to humanity. Below that image is a quote from Aeschylus’s play “Prometheus Bound” describing the transformative effect of science and learning.
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