Dense ornament on the Temple of Music
The dome and arches of the Temple of Music are covered in extremely dense sculpted ornament, with people for scale.
The questionHow was ornament this dense modelled, cast and set within the build time?
Investigate · Buffalo 1901
Pan-American Exposition - Temple of Music
1 clue in this photo
Photo: C. D. Arnold · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
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