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MONDAY:
In Other Ivory Towers
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Arts of war and peace
With an awe-inspiring arched
ceiling, walls of books ranging
from Italian dictionaries to the
Qur'an and the impressive stained
glass windows above the entrance,
there's no shortage of artistic inspi-
ration for students cranking out a
term paper in the Hatcher Gradu-
ate Library Reference Room.
In addition, two massive paint-
ings adorn the two end walls of the
Reference Room, each work of art
fitting into the arched shape of the
ceiling.
But students curious about the
figures and images in the murals
are left guessing - there are no
descriptions in the Reference
Room for the paintings. So what,
then, are those two huge works of
art?
As it turns out, the oil-on-canvas
paintings, both oil on canvas, are
titled "The Arts of Peace" and "The
Arts of War," and were originally
created for the Manufactures and
Liberal arts building at the World's
Columbian Exposition, also called
The Chicago World's Fair, held in
1893.
Gari Melchers, a Detroit born
artist, created the two works.
Melcher would go on to paint
murals for the Library of Congress
and the Detroit Public Library.
According to the World Colom-
bian Exposition, in "The Arts of
Peace," "Every figure seems bent
on acquiring knowledge. Even the
mother takes time from the care
of her babe and becomes an inter-
ested listener to words of wisdom.
The student, the philosopher, the
sage, the maiden and the youth are
all represented as worshippers at
the shrine of knowledge."
In "The Arts of War," "the
hunters are returning," the World
Colombian Exposition says. Every
figure shows the strong charac-
teristics and muscular develop-
ment caused by constant exercise
and endurance," the same source
says.
In response to a request from
then-University President James
Angell, the executive committee
of the Field Columbian Museum in
Chicago agreed in 1895 to give the
two paintings to the University.
In 1896, the University Board
of Regents accepted the paintings
and had them placed on either side
of the stage in the University Hall,
the previous center for University
events before Hill Auditorium.
After moving between several
buildings, "The Arts of Peace" and
"The Arts of War" ended up in the
Reference Room when the Hatcher
Graduate Library opened in 1920.
ANDY KROLL
The murals in the Hatcher Graduate Library were originally
created for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
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carrying 122 people, was los-
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