Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Going Upstairs in the Library

Looking up at the ceiling of the stairwell

Just walking upstairs in the main Carnegie Library is an aesthetic adventure.

Looking up past the light fixture
Detail of the ceiling decorations
Stairwell
Light fixture
Base of the light fixture
Looking at the stairwell from the second-floor corridor
Second-floor corrido

The second-floor corridor. At the ends of the corridor are two cherub medallions, identical except for the motto.

Omne labore

Omne labore—“Everything with effort.”

Vivere est cogitary
Fujifilm FinePix HS10; Samsung Galaxy A15 5G.

Vivere est cogitare—“To live is to think,” as Cicero said.


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