Aisle of Sunset
Aisle approaching the Palace of Fine Arts, leading from Court of Four Seasons, west to Administration Avenue, by Faville.
Central portal, Spanish Renaissance, with twisted Byzantine columns.
Globe above, symbolical of universal education.
Main sculptural group: “Education,” by Gustave Gerlach, Weehawken, New Jersey. Tree of knowledge in background. Left, kindergarten stage. Center, half-grown children. Right, man working out problems for himself.
Below, open book of knowledge radiating light in all directions. Small figures draw aside curtains of darkness and ignorance. Hour-glass, “Time Flies.” Crown, for seekers of knowledge.
Educational panels inlaid in wall over smaller entrances, by pupils of School of Sculpture of Beaux Arts Architects, and National Sculpture Society.
Woman teacher, by W. H. Peters.
Man teacher, by Cesare Stea.
“Victory,” on gables of buildings, by Louis Ulrich, of New York; “Acroterium”; like “Victory of Samothrace.”
Charm of green lattice-work in small doorways of palace.
Main doorway, Palace of Food Products, by Faville. Terra cotta effect on sides of door. Eagles above door, inspiration. Green lattice-work in doors.