Five photographs. Alma Mater, which was made by Daniel Chester French in 1903. The statue is on a marble and granite pedestal designed by Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead & White, It is a level below the library but situated right in front of the…

Four photographs.

The first three photographs are examples of antefixes from Greek buildings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These antefixes joined the tiles together as well as provided decoration.

The fourth photograph is a detail of the…

This central apse probably contained a larger than life statue of Julius Celsus Polemaenus, the man for whom the building was named. Celsus' tomb is also under the apse. A hallway between the walls led to a staircase down to the crypt.

Three photographs.

The first photograph illustrates the decoration along the cornice (rosettes, flowers, and lions' heads) and under it.

The second photograph is a more detailed image of the decoration under the cornice.

The last photograph…

The personification of Art and Literature reclining on each side of a globe. Art is a man who is holding a hammer in his left hand and a chisel in his right. Literature is a woman with two books on her right knee.

Ten photographs. The Central Library has quite a few art pieces.

Photograph one is the sculpture relief of Alice and her friends from Lewis Carroll's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking glass. It is located at the entrance to the…

Seven photographs. The first three are of the small display case on the third floor of the library, outside the doors to the Community Room.

The fourth photograph is of the three display cases along the staircase from the street to the first floor…

Eleven photographs.

The first photograph is of a drawing of Washington Irving, hanging in the lobby.

The second photograph is a drawing of Mark Twain, which hangs opposite that of Washington Irving in the lobby.

The third photograph is the…

Two photographs.

Astor Hall is the biggest marble room in the world. The photographs are from the north staircase looking across and down into the hall.

Two column bases mark the end of the north stoa of the LIbrary of Pantainos. Today, what would have been inside the stoa (and perhaps some shops) are benches for weary visitors to the agora.