FIELD MUSEUM. and Style

Japanese Concrete Brutalism, Mid-Century Modern Revival, Arts and Crafts Contextualism, Second Chicago School. Richard Meier in white. Frank Gehry in stainless. Styles, all, to be promoted, defended or destroyed. But for Peirce Anderson, designer of the Field Museum, the only style to be considered was 3rd Century Rome. And he was a master of that style, producing perfectly detailed architraves, plinths, column capitals, and acroterion. Forget the interior basilica form for a minute, the elevated site, its axis and size -- to consider exterior details. The images speak for themselves.

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Above: The South Stair

Below: The West Wing

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Above: The Front Door
Below: Detail

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Above: Acroterion
Below: Caryatid









A perfect place, after all, for mummies and dinosaurs. Additional photos are posted at CHICAGO Sculpture in the Loop. See Links at left.

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CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHS are availabe for purchase at www.ImagesintheLoop.com