#getty tomb

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Frank Stella painting "Getty Tomb" in his studio, 1959, photo by Hollis Frampton VS Seven Osirian Doorways, Temple of Osiris Hek-Djet, Karnak | Luxor, Egypt, Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt

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FRANK STELLA, Stella painting Getty Tomb in his New York studio, 1958–1962 (from the Black Paintings series 1958-1960). Photography by Hollis Frampton. / National Gallery of Art

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The eye begins to close © 2017 by Kevin Nance

(Carrie Eliza Getty tomb, Graceland Cemetery, designed by Louis Sullivan)

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These are the front doors to the Getty Tomb. Ornate as hell, right?

Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

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This is the side window of the "Getty Tomb" in Graceland Cemetery. This thing was designed by Louis Sullivan (look him up if you're into architecture) for a lumber baron's wife. It's said to be "the most significant piece of architecture" in the whole cemetery (which is full of significant things and people), and denotes Sullivan's entrance to the "Chicago school" of architecture.

Look what you learned from tumblr today, guys!

Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

[nprfreshair]

Our evening photo break:

If you've ever said "form follows function" then you've been quoting 19th c.  architect Louis Sullivan. He was known for his intricate ornamentation that channeled the power and humble beauty of the seed germ.

"It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things superhuman, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever follows function. This is the law."

These are the gates to the Getty Tomb that he designed for a mausoleum in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery.

via flickr

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Adler & Sullivan, Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois