Look up! or here, to discover the beauty to be found in buildings made of brick.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Stone faces
Why would an architect put these faces across the front of a school?
These are on Cleveland School in south city. They remind me of fairy tale characters. They seem somewhat menacing, or are they themselves fearful, or doubtful? I wonder what kids think about them.
It doesn't take long for the visitor to St. Louis to see that the city is built of brick. The variation is in the ornamentation, and bricklayers were inventive in their craft.
This site will give you an idea of how creative those bricklayers were in the use of brick patterns and incorporation of tiles and other ornamentation.
As I learn to look at the details, more and more of the art and craft of the bricklayer is revealed, and here I offer you some of the visual rewards I have enjoyed.
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