This is the ceiling of what used to be the main entrance to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. I always remember being impressed by the beauty and workmanship when I visited as a schoolchild. Now that the ROM sports a "crystal" as its entrance, this ceiling is probably seen by fewer people. The legend at the apex suggests that, whatever one's culture or religion, there is a common source to life and wisdom. The new entry is at once much flashier and much less bold: all awkward geometry and no attempt at a context for the museum's treasures.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
That all men may know His work
This is the ceiling of what used to be the main entrance to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. I always remember being impressed by the beauty and workmanship when I visited as a schoolchild. Now that the ROM sports a "crystal" as its entrance, this ceiling is probably seen by fewer people. The legend at the apex suggests that, whatever one's culture or religion, there is a common source to life and wisdom. The new entry is at once much flashier and much less bold: all awkward geometry and no attempt at a context for the museum's treasures.
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