I was at San Jose St and went into the the King Library on campus besides having a great used inside, the King Library had other interesting things:
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| Inside the King Library |
And even though the Steinbeck center was closed (awww), I got to see some nice art in the library.
These first three pieces are by an African-American sculptor Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) who mostly worked in Rome:
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| "Lincoln" |
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| "Awake" |
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| "Asleep" |
And some other art work:
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| "Ode to Joy"- Valerie Jacobs |
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| This was a Winterhilfswerk project that were sold to German people during the years 1933-1945 to help people not starve |
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| Dr. Martin Luther King |
The King Library at San Jose is a great library to study or just to walk around in.
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What a neat place. Love all the unique art and especially that bicycle table!
ReplyDeleteThat was so cool. It is a great place.
DeleteLooks like a great facility. I like the library has an art collection that one can view :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by for WW!
You are welcome.
DeleteThat library is huge! I've never seen one so big. Would love to peruse through those books and view the art. That bicycle table looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty big and I did not spend enough time there.
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