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The City of Domes

Book Jacket

Item:

Book

Title:

The City of Domes, A Walk with an Architect About the Courts and Palaces of the Panama Pacific International Exposition with a Discussion of Its Architecture - Its Sculpture - Its Mural Decorations Its Coloring - And Its Lighting -Preceded by a History of Its Growth

Author:

John D. Barry

Illustrator:

Printer:

John J. Newbegin

Place of Printing:

San Francisco

Date of Printing:

1915

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Donated by:

Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

John D. Barry (1866-1942). American architect and author.

The Book

The book is 142 pages plus five pages of advertisements. Illustrated with many photographs from the Panama Pacific International Exposition.

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• I. The View from the Hill
• II. The Approach
• III. In the South Gardens
• IV. Under the Tower of Jewels
• V. The Court of the Universe
• VI. On the Marina
• VII. Toward the Court of the Four Seasons
• VIII. The Court of the Four Seasons
• IX. The Palace of Fine Arts from across the Lagoon
• X. The Palace of Fine Arts at Close Range
• XI. At the Palace of Horticulture
• XII. The Half Courts
• XIII. Near Festival Hall
• XIV. The Palace of Machinery
• XV. The Court of the Ages
• XVI. The Brangwyns
• XVII. Watching the Lights Change
• XVIII. The Illuminating and the Reflections
• Features that Ought to he Noted by Day
• Features that Ought to be Noted by Night
• Index

Illustrations:

• "The Pioneer Mother"
• Design of the Exposition made in 1912
• Site of the Exposition before Construction was Begun
• Fountain of Youth
• Fountain of El Dorado
• Court of the Universe
• "Air" and "Fire"
• "Nations of the West" and "Nations of the Fast
• "The Setting Sun" and "The Rising Sun"
• "Music" and "Dancing Girls
• "Hope and Her Attendants"
• Star Figure; Medallion Representing "Art"
• California Building
• Spanish Plateresque Doorway, in Northern Wall
• Eastern Entrance to Court of Four Seasons
• Night View of Court of Four Seasons
• Portal in Court of Four Seasons
• The Marina at Night
• Rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts
• Altar of Palace of Fine Arts
• "The Power of the Arts"
• Italian Fountain, Dome of Philosophy
• "The Thinker"
• "Aspiration"
• "Michael Angelo"
• Italian Renaissance Towers
• "The End of the Trail"
• Colonnade in Court of Palms
• "Victorious Spirit"
• Entrance to Palace of Horticulture
• Night View of the Palace of Horticulture
• Festival Hall at Night
• "The Pioneer"
• Fountain of Beauty and the Beast
• Entrance to Palace of Varied Industries
• Group above Doorway of Palace of Varied Industries
• Avenue of Palms at Night
• Avenue of Progress at Night
• Arcaded Vestibule in Entrance to Palace of Machinery
• "Genii of Machinery"
• "The Genius of Creation"
• Tower in Court of the Ages
• Fountain of the Earth
• "The Stone Age"
• "Fruit Pickers"
• Entrance to Court of the Ages, at Night
• "The Triumph of Rome"
• "The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules"

An online version of this book can be found at the following websites:

• https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3151
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007123575

Gallery

Book JacketFront CoverJohn D. Barry 1915Frontispiece & TitleCopyrightContentsIllustrationsIllustrationsIllustrations & PrefaceIntroductionpages 2-3page 4page 5page 6page 7pages 8-9page 10page 11page 12page 13pages 14-15page 16page 17page 23page 24page 25pages 26-27page 28Chp I The View From the Hillpage 30page 31pages 32-33page 34Chp II The ApproachChp III In the South Gardenspage 41Chp IV Under the Tower of Jewelspage 43Chp V The Court of the Universepage 46page 47page 48page 49Chp VI On the Marinapage 52page 53Chp VII Toward the Court of Four Seasonspage 55Chp VIII The Court of Four Seasonspage 58page 59page 60Chp IX The Palace of Fine Artspages 62-63page 64page 65page 66page 67Chp X The Palace of Fine Arts at Close Rangepage 70page 71Chp XI The Palace of Horticulturepage 73pages 74-75page 76page 77Chp XII The Half Courtspage 79Chp XIII Near Festival Hallpage 82Chp XIV The Palace of Machinerypage 84page 85Chp XV The Court of the Agespage 88page 89page 90page 91Chp XVI The Brangwynspage 94page 95page 96page 97pages 98-99page 100Chp XVII Watching the Lights Changepage 102Chp XVIII Illuminating & Reflectingpage 104page 105pages 106-107page 108page 109page 110 page 111pages 112-113page 114page 115pages 116-117page 118page 119page 120page 121page 122page 123pages 124-125page 126page 127pages 128-129page 130page 131page 132page 133page 134page 135page 136page 137page 138IndexIndexIndexAdvertisementsAdvertisementsThe Pioneer Mother1912 Drawing of the ExhibitionUndeveloped Site of the ExhibitionFountain of YouthEl DoradoThe Court of the UniversityAir and FireNations of the West & East Setting & Rising SunMusic & The Dancing GirlsHope & AttendantsThe MedallionThe California BuildingEast Entrance to Court of Four SeasonsCourt of 4 Seasons at NightPortalMarina at NightRotunda of the Palace of Fine ArtsAltar in RotundaThe Power of the ArtsItalian FountainThe ThinkerAspirationMichael AngeloRenaissance TowersThe End of the TrailColonnade in Court of PalmsVictorious SpiritEntrance to Palace of HorticulturePalace of HorticultureFestival HallThe PioneerBeauty & the BeastEntrance to Varied Industries PalaceArtisans & ArtistsThe Avenue of PalmsThe Avenue of ProgressArcaded VestibleBas ReliefThe Genius of CreationTower in the Court of the AgesFountain of the EarthThe Stone AgeThe Fruit PickerCourt of AgesThe Triumph of RomeThe Thirteenth Labor of Hercules