Chicago Cultural Center - Preston Bradley Hall

The Grand Stairways leads to the Preston Bradley Hall..



Preston Bradley Hall..
A large, ornately patterned room Carrara marble. The centerpiece is a 38-foot Tiffany glass dome designed by artist J. A. Holtzer. The Cultural Center states this to be the largest Tiffany dome in the world, with an estimated value of $35 million..


Tiffany Ceiling details..









Beneath the tiffany dome is incribed..
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.. - Addison.




Coffered Ceiling..

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Chicago Cultural Center - G.A.R Rotunda

G.A.R Rotunda..

G.A.R stands for Grand Army of the Republic

The G.A.R. Rotunda has a beautiful dome designed by the studio of Healy and Millet.

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Chicago Cultural Center - G.A.R Hall..

G.A.R Hall..








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Chicago Cultural Center - Randolph Cafe..

Randolph Cafe..


Coffered Ceiling..





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Chicago Cultural center - Landmark Gallery

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Chicago Cultural Center - Tiffany Windows

Stained Glass Windows..
attributed to Tiffany Studio
Removed from St. Colman's Church, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Chicago public Library Special Collection Division..
The marker reads..
Louis Comfort Tiffany [1848-1933] founder of Tiffany Studio in Long Island, New York, began his career as a painter. He began experimenting with the use of glass as an art form after founding in 1879 Louis C. Tiffany and Associate Artists, a complete home decorating firm. Tiffany Company eventually became primarily of glass works, including windows, such as the once shown here, lamps and blown glass items. His glass creations are known for their use of innovative techniques, including his invention of iridescent glass and drapery glass, the later term coined to describe his sophisticated approach to the depiction of fabric folds. Tiffany disliked the use of paint on glass, preferring to create the desired effect by manipulating the glass itself. the only exception he would allow was the painting of faces, arms and legs. these windows from Colman's Church show signs of paints having being applied to their faces- and it must be assumed that this overpainting was not done at Tiffany Studio..

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Chicago Cultural Center - Photograph by Jan Theun van Reese

A segment of the glass dome, by Healy & Millet in the G.A.R. Rotunda, at the Chicago Cultural Center.. And how does it look from behind ???
Jan Theun van Rees' photograph below, shows just that..









Jan Theun van Rees
Cultural Center
Above GAR Dome 1 XL, Sep, 2005
Archival pigment ink on canvas..
Jan Theun van Rees is a Dutch photographer.

Rod Slemmons, MoCP Director, writes about Jan Theun van Rees..
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Architectural photographers generally make buildings look like they don’t. We correct perspective, eliminate background distractions, and wait for that perfect 15 minutes of daylight that makes the façade look like the architect’s drawing. And, of course, we do what photography is best at—we record surfaces. Jan Theun van Rees has broken through these conventions and gone beneath the visible skin of buildings here in Chicago. In a sense he has made the buildings transparent, allowing us access to the seemingly chaotic and asymmetrical service spaces and structural components that support the elegantly even exteriors...
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Katherine R. Lieber, explains his works as, he exposes Architectural privacy, spaces that lay hidden or dormant, yet graced with unexpected harmonies and rhythms -- Jan Theun van Rees's photographs study the inner workings and forgotten rooms of vintage buildings..
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This photograph by Jan Theun van Rees, exposes the space behind this glass dome, by Healy and Millet, in the GAR Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center..

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