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View looking straight up
Athena is at the bottom
(Click on one of the murals)


   
The Rotunda Dome
Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Rotunda and Colonnade
 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 Murals and sculptures
Photo
Jpg: sargentmurals.bpl.org
Jpg: MFA
 

 


The Rotunda
From the top of the Grand Stairway


Grand Stairway
Looking up towards the Rotunda

 
Stairway Ceiling Decorations 
Looking straight up

 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Notes: 

 

Sketches for Rotunda


Various Bas-Reliefs Sketches

 

By:  Natasha Wallace
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Created 1/26/2005

 
 
 
 
 
  Architecture, Painting and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time