Sage Chapel Apse
- Title:
- Sage Chapel Apse
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Lamb, Charles Rollinson (American painter and engraver, 1860-1942)
Lamb, Ella Condie (American painter, artisan, and illustrator, 1862-1936)
Loomis, Charles Russell (American painter, 1857-1936)
Lamb, Frederick Stymetz
- Date:
- 1900-06-26
- Acquisition Date:
- 1900-06-26
- Location:
- Sage Chapel Apse, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0029
- Accession Number:
- W84-171.3
- File Name:
- artsdb_0029.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- mosaics (visual works)
- Subject:
- Sage Chapel (Cornell University)
- Image View Type:
- Partial
- Image View Description:
- Front
- Description:
- Sage Chapel apse. The mosaic panel on the wall of the apse portrays education. The young man and woman at opposite sides represent Cornell's pioneer work in coeducation. The central figure is philosophy. On the left are the sciences (biology, astronomy, and physics) led by beauty: on the right are the arts (literature, art, and music) led by truth. The ceiling portrays Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael
and four other angels who kneel at the cross, representing religion. This mosaic, a memorial to Henry Williams Sage and his wife Susan Linn Sage, was unveiled June 26, 1900. It was designed by Charles Rollinson Lamb, artist and architect of J. & R. Lamb, New York, and was executed by him and his associates, Mrs. Ella Condie Lamb, Frederick Stymetz Lamb, and Charles Loomis. It was considered to be the finest of anything similar in the United States at that time. - Notes:
- In memory of Henry Williams Sage and Susan Linn Sage
- Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.