The Art of the Exposition

The Art of the Exposition

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The Art of the Exposition
Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Mural Decorations,
Color Scheme & Other Aesthetic Aspects of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition

By Eugen Neuhaus University of California Chairman of the Western
Advisory Committee and Member of the San Francisco Jury in the
Department of Fine Arts of the Exposition

To the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. A Great Work of
Peace. These lines are appreciatively dedicated May the First 1915

Publisher's Announcement
The following pages have grown out of many talks given during the
year by Mr. Neuhaus to his students at the University of California.
Presented to the public in the form of a series of evening lectures at the
University, and repeated before many other organizations throughout
California, his interpretation of the Art of the Exposition roused a
demand for its repetition so widespread as only to be met by the aid of
the printing press.
San Francisco, California May 1, 1915

Contents

The Architecture The architectural scheme, the setting and the style of
the architecture.

The Sculpture Its relation to the architecture, its artistic meaning and its
symbolism.
The Color Scheme and the Landscape Gardening The color elements as
furnished by the artist and by nature; the horticultural effects.
The Mural Decorations The intellectual emphasis of the color scheme,
and the significance of the mural decorations.
The Illumination - Conclusion The Exposition at night.
Appendix Guide to Sculpture, The Mural decorations, Biographical
notes.

List of Illustrations

The Tower in the Court of Abundance. Louis Christian Mullgardt,
Architect. (Frontispiece) Under the Arch of the Tower of Jewels.
McKim, Mead and White, Architects View Through the Great Arches
of the Court of the Universe. McKim, Mead and White, Architects
Niche Detail from the Court of the Four Seasons. Henry Bacon,
Architect The Court of the Four Seasons. Henry Bacon, Architect
Northern Doorway in the Court of Palms. George Kelham, Architect
Entrance into the Palace of Education. Bliss and Faville, Architects
Detail from the Court of Abundance. Louis Christian Mullgardt,
Architect The Palace of Fine Arts. Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect
Colonnade, Palace of Fine Arts. Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect. Portal
of Vigor in the Palace of Food Products (in the distance). Bliss and
Faville, Architects Colonnade, Palace of Fine Arts. Bernard R.
Maybeck, Architect The Setting Sun. Adolph A. Weinman, Sculptor
The Nations of the West. A. Stirling Calder, Frederick C. R. Roth, Leo
Lentelli, Sculptors The Mermaid. Arthur Putnam, Sculptor The
Adventurous Bowman Supported by Frieze of Toilers Details from the
Column of Progress. Hermon A. MacNeil, Sculptor The End of the
Trail. James Earl Fraser, Sculptor Autumn, in the Court of the Four
Seasons. Furio Piccirilli, Sculptor The Pacific-Detail from the Fountain
of Energy. A. Stirling Calder, Sculptor The Alaskan-Detail from
Nations of the West. Frederick C. R. Roth, Sculptor The Feast of
Sacrifice. Albert Jaegers, Sculptor Youth - From the Fountain of Youth.
Edith Woodman Burroughs, Sculptor Truth - Detail from the Fountain
of the Rising Sun. Adolph A. Weinman, Sculptor The Star. A. Stirling

Calder, Sculptor The Triton - Detail of the Fountains of the Rising and
the Setting Sun. Adolph A. Weinman, Sculptor Finial Figure in the
Court of Abundance. Leo Lentelli, Sculptor Atlantic and Pacific and
the Gateway of all Nations. William de Leftwich Dodge, Painter
Commerce, Inspiration, Truth and Religion. Edward Simmons, Painter
The Victorious Spirit. Arthur F. Mathews, Painter The Westward
March of Civilization.