North Wall Alma Mater, (painting).

North Wall Alma Mater, (painting).

Aderente, Vincent, 1880-1941, painter.

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, painter.

Foringer, Alonzo E., 1878-1948, painter.

North Wall Alma Mater, (painting).

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"The central seated figure is Alma Mater holding Victory in her right hand, while her left hand rests on the Seal of the Institute. On her lap lies a great seal of the State of Massachusetts. The world at her feet is shown by a terrestrial globe supported by a cherub. On her right is a personified representation of learning through the printed pages, and on her left a similar figure representing knowledge through experiment. The figures turned toward Alma Mater on either side of the center represent the various branches of knowledge, such as chemistry, history, metallurgy, electricity, physics, geology, mathematics, agriculture, biology, and design. The lower part of the pictur erepresents the Charles River Basin with a misty suggestion ofthe Technology Buildings in the distance, while at the right an dleft, the sacred fires burn eternally."

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Mathematics

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Biology

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- History

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Design

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Chemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Morss Dining and Activity Area, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

King, Glenn, 2008.

Weiner, Mina Rieur, ed., "Edwin Howland Blashfield: Master American Muralist," New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2009, pg. 102 and 126.

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