As you enter the Boston Public Library - McKim Building, you are surrounded with some amazing art work. There are murals and sculptures all throughout the library. The Jonathan Singer Sargent murals are simply spectacular. They encompass an entire gallery. There are two amazing lion sculptures, which I have blogged about previously, which honor the Civil War sacrifice of Massachusetts natives on the battle field.
There is an obscure room which is part a series of rooms which connect the McKim building to the Johnson building. Many people walk through this room called the Elliot Room and never glance upward. What you will see are two very intricate and LARGE ceiling murals. It makes you wonder how you could miss them walking through many times. They are called, "The Triumph of Time." I snapped some photos of them and found this nice description of the panels you can find below. I thought this was a fitting blog post to welcome in the new year...
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