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Amazing Financial Vicissitudes. The Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Made by Rana Pipiens
Ah! Quick change. Amazing vicissitudes. On May 4, 2007, the Graduate Business School of the University of Chicago was named for Charles M. Harper (1927-) - CEO of ConArga Foods - who had given an enormous undisclosed sum of money - one of the largest gifts ever to this kind of enterprise - to further these studies. But already in 2008 the University decided to change the Centre's name to Chicago Booth School of Business. David G. Booth, chairman of the Black Diamond Group and much more, gave the immense sum of 300$ million for business education. This is said to be the largest gift ever to any business school. The recent tasteful bronze plaquettes still in place with Harper's name are overshadowed now with huge white and blue banners proclaiming the ascendence and excellence of Booth. The great glass and concrete building of the School is exactly opposite Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House (1910). Its archictect is Rafael Viñoly (1944-), a foremost American architect originally from Uruguay. His building 'cites' the neo- and western-gothic archictecture of the University. This is especially evident in the spacious Rothman Winter Garden (named for a wealthy 1977 graduate of the School, Robert Rothman). Regardless its fabulous design and its amazing lightness and 'bluity', this Garden - as can be readily seen if you look carefully at the reflections as well as the structure itself - almost too explicitly draws attention to the conventions of the neo-gothic style of many University buildings. Whether this is an ironic ploy or a serious play for historical continuity is a matter for debate. Whatever the case, this particular Medievalist, returning from lunch to Swift Hall and its throwback to the Middle Ages had food for thought and conversation... This photo was taken in the Rothman Winter Garden.
Last act of a robber baron.
Made by kern.justin
View large and black on tWp! In 1892, The University of Chicago was established by John D. Rockefeller under the watchful eye of William Rainey Harper. Prior to its opening, the university was originally to be a Baptist institution - The Baptist Harvard. The school never officially had a religious affiliation, however. Instead it has acquired a number of theological seminaries, in addition to its own Divinity School, which take an academic approach to faith. I once overheard a tour guide refer to Rockefeller Chapel as the last act of a robber baron. I have to disagree - Rockefeller was no fool and the chapel is not an attempt at redemption. Though he profited from his business unlike any one else has since (or likely will) his name lives on primarily as a philanthropist - the founder of two universities and a continual force in scientific and cultural funding. I took this photograph early one morning when the light outside was flat and boring. The only other soul in the church was a very nice older lady who was tidying up. I should mention that this image is stitched together from four different images using panorama tools. I used a 16mm rectilinear fisheye - generating something close to a 180º view in all directions. When you do this kind of thing from a standard tripod and then line the images up you get something called parallax error (put your finger in front of your nose and look at it with only your left eye open, then with only your right eye open - see how it moves) and it adds up, so you need to take frames that overlap by about half the frame. (There are special tripod heads that overcome this error - and be looking to tWp in the future for the design and construction of just such a thing!)
Gnarled Redbud, University of Chicago, USA
Made by Rana Pipiens
A flowering 'Forest Pansy' - for that is what the Redbud, the Cercis canadensis, is sometimes called - in the city. And a gnarled one at that. (Ah! How Oscar Wilde would have smiled at that juxtaposition!) After blossoming, its green, heart-shaped leaves turn almost purple: hence the 'pansy'. It also goes by the name of spicewood because in southern Appalachia it was used to season venison and opossum. Pehr (or Pietari or Peter) Kalm (1716-1779), the famous Swedish-Finnish botanist and friend of Benjamin Franklin's, called it the Sallod Tree because its flowers were often used in salads. Others have called it the Judas Tree, because it is from a member of this species - the siliquastrum - that Judas Iscariot is said to have hanged himself after betraying Jesus with a kiss. Whatever... the beautiful magenta flowers of this exquisite tree lighten up every Spring, and there can be no-one who doesn't love a Redbud. Walking into the Redbud Forests of the campus of the University of Chicago near Swift Hall and the language schools, I was reminded of the bitter fight over the language and nationality of Pehr Kalm about a hundred years after his death: he was claimed as one of their own both by the Finns and by the Swedes. It is wonderful that in the tradition of the liberal arts of this university (from 1890 onwards) such strife is a matter of humanist discourse and no longer a case of viciously sought-after national identity. The Redbud was first depicted by that untiring English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) in his Natural Historyof 1731, but I rather prefer the real Flowering Tree. (By the way, I'm told it's a member of the bean family... Curious, no?)
Plutonium
Made by kern.justin
View Large on Black at www.thewindypixel.com! Scientists working at the University of Chicago in the early 1940s were the first to produce enough Plutonium to weigh and, therefore, enough to determine its atomic weight. The scientists who made the initial discovery of Plutonium had considered calling it Ultimium because they had believed, at the time, that it would be the final element on the periodic table (according to Wikipedia). The instruments used to measure that aforementioned microgram of Plutonium on Chicago’s south side are on display in the lobby of the Searle Laboratory at the University of Chicago along with stone busts of some of those scientists. The scene in the lobby is a little strange - a small but important vignette into the atomic age science which is hidden in this little old academic building under a mixture of green fluorescent and bright orange tungsten lighting. The Searle building is one of the original limestone buildings on campus. The original entrance (which leads to the lobby in which the following image was taken) is tucked away and seldom visited. As an undergraduate I would occasionally have to visit the Chemistry library (also tucked away) and that is how I initially found this spot. Incidentally, I had tried to get a job at the Chem library as an upperclassman, since I’d never really seen anyone go in to use it, I thought it would be an easy gig. I never got the job. In meetings all day - catching up with you all later. Justin
The Robie House
Made by phototravel1
Address: 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. Year Built: 1909 Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: September 15, 1971 Of the more than 75 buildings that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in the Chicago area, none is more famous or influential than this residence, which was designed for Frederick C. Robie, a young manufacturer of bicycles. The affinity of its striking horizontal lines to the flat landscape of the Midwestern prairie came to be associated with an architectural style popularly known as the Prairie School. The building's low, overhanging roof and the long wall around its base give a sense of privacy to the occupants, while the roof's sweeping horizontality makes the house seem longer and lower than it actually is. This design, which was a marked contrast to traditional houses of the period, signaled a turning point in modern residential architecture. From Chicago Landmarks webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?...
The Grid - And an HDR tutorial on the windy pixel!
Made by kern.justin
View On Black Happy Monday everyone. I just posted a huge HDR tutorial at www.thewindypixel.com!. Though I know most of you need absolutely no introduction to HDR, I got a few requests from some very nice flick folks. About today's image: Early in the morning, when the neighborhood is still sleepy enough to make very little noise, you can hear the city’s low, constant hum. I used to hear it in the ‘burbs growing up, leaving very early for school. Without any local distraction, the noises of the expressways and airports blend into a distant white noise. High above the neighboring south side buildings, the huddle of downtown skyscrapers on the horizon behind me, the University of Chicago hospital’s turrets framed slag heaps on the horizon and the vast western grid, hammering out its one note song.
Mesopotamian Human-Headed Winged Bull
Made by StGrundy
Explore 23Jan2009 (highest: #106) Guardian figure of the throne room of King Sargon II (721-705 BC) Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon), present day Khorsabad, Iraq See facial detail This colossal sculpture was one of a pair that guarded the entrance to the throne room of King Sargon II. A protective spirit known as a lamassu, it is shown as a composite being with the head of a human, the body and ears of a bull, and the wings of a bird. When viewed from the side, the creature appears to be walking; when viewed from the front, to be standing still. Thus it is actually represented with five, rather than four, legs. Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1929 The Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago Chicago, IL more information at: oi.uchicago.edu/museum/
"Dialogo" on May Day
Made by Payton Chung
A clutch of Commies admire their handiwork on May Day: yes, indeed, the shadows do intersect. This one's easy, really; note the material of the wall, the plantings, and the distinct lack of fashion sense. Also, the sculpture was intended as an ironic political statement, a subtle thumb in the nose of some famous occupants of the surrounding buildings -- behind Pick is Rosenwald, formerly part of the business school, and Pick still houses the political science department with its famed Realists -- but its shadow usually carries no such political significance. In all my years of walking past this, I never noticed just how phallic one of the shadows is. (Weirdest thing is, the guy in the bandana was a prospie of mine -- an prospective student on an overnight visit during admissions season in April. He seemed really uptight then, and came out once he arrived on campus. Ah.)
A city blue
Made by kern.justin
View this and another awesome panorama large on the blog. Mike's panorama looks like Gotham City from the west - click through and check out Mike's and add him as a contact! Mike had to go to work on the morning these photographs were made. We decided if we couldn’t go out and shoot for tWp, then we would try to do a panorama from the roofs of our respective buildings and post them together. The photograph below was made a few hours before the one above and about 7 miles south. The light simply wouldn’t cooperate for me that morning and I was blown away when I saw what Mike got a few hours later - Gotham City from the west! You’ve already seen “The Grid” which was the only other image I got from that shoot worth posting. **UPDATE: You guys are awesome! Thanks again for all your kind comment and faves!
Striding Lion
Made by StGrundy
From Ancient Babylon This colorful striding lion, its mouth opened in a threatening roar, once decorated a side of the 'Processional Way' in ancient Babylon (the Biblical city of Babel). The 'Processional Way' led out of the city through a massive gate named for the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, Ishtar, whose symbol was the lion. Each year, during the celebration of the great New Year Festival, the images of the city's deities were carried out through the Ishtar Gate and along the 'Processional Way' past some 120 lions such as this one to a special festival house north of the city. The Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago Chicago, IL more information at: oi.uchicago.edu/museum/
Persian Bull
Made by StGrundy
Colossal bull head Click here for Carved in the court style typical of the Achaemenid Empire, this highly polished stone head originally belonged to one of two guardian bulls flanking the portico of the hundred-columned Throne Hall at Persepolis. The heads of the bulls projected in the round and the bodies were carved in relief on the sidewalls of the porch; the ears and horns had been added separately. The use of pairs of guardian figures such as these to protect important buildings was a common architectural feature in the ancient Near East. The Robert and Deborah Aliber Persian Gallery Oriental Institute - University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA oi.uchicago.edu/
Lamassu
Made by StGrundy
The Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago Chicago, IL See full-figure view At the far end of the gallery from the visitor’s center stands the most spectacular object in the Mesopotamian collection — the human-headed winged bull from Khorsabad. The bull, which stands sixteen feet tall, now is flanked by six ten-foot-tall stone reliefs that originally stood along with it on the throne room façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C. The bull and the reliefs were excavated by the Oriental Institute during the 1928/29 season of excavations at Sargon II’s capital city Dur-Sharrukin.
echo/autumn
Made by T. McKinney
Yashica Mat EM Fuji Velvia 100F (expired) Note -- a first for me: I shot slide film and processed it as directed. Whoa! Holy cow! It was kind of a risk, because I used the Yashica Mat's built-in meter, which I hadn't tested at the time, and I know slide film has less exposure lattitude than print. Whether because of that, or just inexperience (and an imprecise meter), much of the roll came out a little bit underexposed-- forcing me to (gasp!!) remove some magenta casts and adjust levels in Photoshop. Shameful, I know! But necessary. Explored. Highest Position, #404 on December 18, 2009. Dropped pretty quickly thereafter. ~shrug~
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library@UChicago
Made by shrosa814 (returning soon)
Opening Day at the new space-ageish library that stands adjacent to the Regenstein Library. It's a modern storage and retrieval system and work station that can hold millions of books deep down underground. Today was probably the last day for most outsiders to get inside as it was open to the press until noon today. It's always open to students, alums, faculty and staff but like the Regenstein, it's not a public library. It is spacious and filled with extraordinary light. Read about the couple (alums) who gave millions to make this a reality. www.uchicago.edu/index.shtml
Robie House
Made by kingofthenerds
Here we see the building as it is today almost overwhelmed by it's surroundings. The typical features of Wright's prairie style are clear nevertheless, low hipped roof, long cantilevered eves and long horizontal rows of windows. The 1950's theological seminary behind comes right up to the property line (the Seminary once owned the house and tried twice to demolish it to expand the building behind). Today it is hard to imagine what it must have looked like in 1910, right on the edge of the city with fewer trees, no adjacent houses and open prairie coming literally up to the street in front of the house.
Robie House (Perspective View), Chicago, IL
Made by Grufnik
Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House from the corner of East 58th Street and South Woodlawn Avenue. A National Historic Landmark since 1963, this home's significance lay in the fact that it literally started a revolution in architectural design. The house was one of Wright's earlier works and a very early example of the Prairie style featuring a horizontal planes surrounding the chimney mass, and structurally expressive piers and windows. The original size allows viewers to see in clearer detail Stitched with ArcSoft Panorama Maker 4 and corrected using Adobe Photoshop CS2. DSC_0713, 0715 stitch mod crop
Colossal Statue of Tutankhamun
Made by StGrundy
The face of King Tut The facial features of this statue strongly resemble other representations of Tutankhamun from his famous tomb, in the Valley of the Kings. This seventeen-foot, four-inch-tall statue of king Tutankhamun was excavated by the Oriental Institute at Medinet Habu in 1930. Joseph and Mary Grimshaw Egyptian Gallery Oriental Institute - University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA For more information go to: oi.uchicago.edu/museum/egypt/
Throne room relief carving
Made by StGrundy
One of six, ten-foot-tall stone reliefs that originally stood along the throneroom façade in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II, who ruled from 721-705 B.C. Excavated by the Oriental Institute during the 1928/29 season of excavations at Sargon II’s capital city Dur-Sharrukin. The Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago Chicago, IL more information at: oi.uchicago.edu/museum/
Human-Headed Winged Bull
Made by StGrundy
This colossal sculpture was one of a pair that guarded the entrance to the throne room of King Sargon II. A protective spirit known as a lamassu, it is shown as a composite being with the head of a human, the body and ears of a bull, and the wings of a bird. When viewed from the side, the creature appears to be walking; when viewed from the front, to be standing still. Thus it is actually represented with five, rather than four, legs. Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1929
College Round-Table ('08)
Made by diftorhehsmusma
Taken at the University of Chicago Biological Science Learning Center, with the photographed's permission. Taken for the FGR Stranger No More and the glimpse Round Table challenges. I basically just introduced myself and asked to take a picture. It was surprisingly easy. Much harder was to have an actual conversation, since they consented right away. I doubt we will ever see each other again, except in passing between classes. Oh well.
