Columns used in Low Memorial Library.

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Title

Columns used in Low Memorial Library.

Subject

Low Memorial Library—Pictorial works.
Libraries—New York (State)—New York—Pictorial works.
Bases (Architecture)—New York (State)—New York—Pictorial works.
Capitals (Architecture)—New York (State)—New York—Pictorial works.
Columns—New York (State)—New York—Pictorial works.

Description

Five photographs.

The first photograph is of the fluted, Ionic columns used to decorate the facade of Low Library.

The second and third photographs are of a column that marks the end of the lobby. The color is a marbled brown.

Photographs four and five are of an interior dipteral column and its capital that are in four sets that surround the rotunda to help support the dome. These columns are unfluted and have the shade of green.

Creator

Michael W. Handis

Date

March 19, 2015

Rights

Copyright Michael W. Handis, all rights reserved.

Format

jpeg

Language

eng

Files

Date Added
June 12, 2015
Collection
Low Memorial Library, Columbia University (New York, N.Y.)
Item Type
Still Image
Citation
Michael W. Handis, “Columns used in Low Memorial Library.,” Ancient and Modern Libraries: a Comparison, accessed July 18, 2026, https://ancmodlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/91.