| Description |
1 image file : digital, JPEG. |
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University of Pittsburgh anthology |
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University of Pittsburgh anthology.
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BiblioBoard Access module.
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Original document: Photograph. |
| Summary |
A photograph of the Polish Nationality Room in the Cathedral of Learning. The Polish Classroom is inspired by the Wawel Castle located in Krakow during the 16th century in the middle of the Polish Renaissance. The painting shows Copernicus studying the sky as Poland's most famous Astronomer. The ceiling was painted by an artist from Poland who required a dozen fresh eggs each day to mix egg tempera paints. The Polish Room was dedicated on February 16, 1940. This room, along with 25 other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel-working families. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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