Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière
By National Building Museum
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Podcast Description
Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view at the National Building Museum. This video series presents the exhibition's curator, Catherine Coleman Brawer, discussing the work of Art Deco muralist and mosaicist Hildreth Meière (1892–1961). Special thanks to Hildreth Meière Dunn for providing in situ photographs of art work. Visit the National Building museum online for more podcasts and video.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoWalls Speak: Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, 1945-1961 | Hildreth Meière's glass mosaic designs for the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis are some of the most stunning reinterpretations of early-Christian iconography. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view a | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoWalls Speak: Travelers Insurance Company, 1956 | Hildreth Meière's mosaic for the Travelers Insurance Company illustrates traveling in nineteenth-century America, when travel was high risk. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view at the National Buil | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoWalls Speak: New York World's Fair, 1939 | Hildreth Meière's metal sculpture on the exterior of the Medicine and Public Health Building depicts Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, and the Dragon of Ignorance. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition o | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoWalls Speak: Radio City Music Hall, 1932 | For Radio City Music Hall, Hildreth Meière designed the exterior, mixed-metal and enamel sculptures Dance, Drama, and Song. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view at the National Building Museum from | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoWalls Speak: St. Bartholomew's Church | For the apse at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City, Hildreth Meières employed Byzantine-style glass mosaics for the first time. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view at the National Building | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoWalls Speak: National Academy of Sciences, 1924 | The dome for the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., was Hildreth Meière's first major architectural commission. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view at the National | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoWalls Speak: Nebraska State Capitol, 1924-1932 | Muralist Hildreth Meière's designs for the Nebraska State Capitol relate the history of Nebraska to the ideals of Western civilization. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière is an exhibition on view at the National Building | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Episodes |
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