Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro
Rotunda and Colonnade
See essay: Mural Decorations by Art Historian Mary Crawford Volk
The Rotunda Murals
The First Commission
Unveiled October, 1921
The
Rotunda
Looking
straight up
Architecture, Painting and Sculpture Protected by Athena from the Ravages of Time
Rotunda mural
1921
The Sphinx and Chimaera
Rotunda mural
1921
Apollo and the Muses
Rotunda mural
1921
Classic and Romantic Art
Rotunda mural
1921
Astronomy
Rotunda mural
1921
Prometheus
Rotunda mural
1921
Music
Rotunda mural
1921
Ganymede and the Eagle
Rotunda mural
1921
Rotunda Bas-Reliefs
The Three Graces
Rotunda Bas-Relief
1921
Eros and Psyche
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
Dancing Figures
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
Aphrodite and Eros
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
Achilles and Chiron
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
Fame
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
Satyr and Maenad
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
Arion
Rotunda Bas-Relief
c. 1919-1920
The
Colonnade Murals
The Second
Commission
Unveiled November, 1925
Stairway
Ceiling Decorations
Looking
straight up
Stairway
The Winds
Stairway mural
1922–25
Apollo in His Chariot with the Hours
Stairway mural
1922–25
Stairway Side Aisle
(aisle left)
Orestes
Stairway
Side Aisle mural
1922–25
Phaethon
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922-1925
Hercules and the Hydra
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922–25
(aisle right)
Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922–25
Atlas and the Hesperides
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922–25
Chiron and Achilles
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922–25
Bas-relief of two classical male figures
Stairway Base-relief
1922–25
Men Racing
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922–25
Figures Foliage and Urns
Stairway Side Aisle mural
1922–25
Museum Library
Museum
Library Entrance
Looking
from Rotunda
The Danaides
Library mural
1922-1925
Philosophy
Library mural
1922-1925
The Unveiling of Truth
Library mural
1922-1925
Science
Library mural
1922-1925