Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Wisconsin State Capital Feild Trip















































































































































































































The Capital Building pictures were taken with the little camera.

The light in that building is something else, not to mention --holy gilded building batman!

The reddish picture in the middle is of the Governor's conference room -- that's Winnie in the Governor's chair.
Click on the dome picture (6th from the bottom) to see better detail and to see the W's surrounding the center painting.

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16 Comments:

Blogger Angel said...

all that gleaming wood and glass....BEAUTIFUL!!!!

11:47 AM  
Blogger kim said...

Hi Beth!
Insane detail in this building.

11:59 AM  
Blogger david mcmahon said...

Great ceiling - but my absolute favourite is the tenth shot with the diagonal theme.

11:28 PM  
Blogger Cecily R said...

What an amazing building. Your pictures make me wish I could come see it with you, through your lens. :)

12:10 AM  
Blogger kay said...

what a cool building!

9:42 AM  
Blogger TTQ said...

they just don't make them like they used to. sad.

3:56 PM  
Blogger kim said...

Baby girl would love a gilded house, because baby girl's a queen!

4:56 PM  
Blogger kim said...

Cecily -- I would love to be your tour guide.

Kay -- I never knew and I've seen it from the outside many times...

4:58 PM  
Blogger kim said...

Thanks David -- I loved those stairs -- they were tucked away from all the flash.

5:10 PM  
Blogger xxxx said...

Ooooh, very, very pretty!

4:21 AM  
Blogger KATE said...

How fun! We just did our State Capital Field Trip too!! Woo Hoo!!

2:55 AM  
Blogger Liane Spicer said...

Wow. That is some architecture! Looks very European, somehow. I'd love to find out how old it is.

10:06 PM  
Blogger kim said...

wordtryst -- I thought Gilded age (187? to 1889) for sure, but actually it was an ongoing project for years and years. The final architect, I think started the expansion in there, or just after (progressive era) -- he died before it was finished in 1917.

Here's a timeline:
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/capfacts/history.html

As a painter, and not including the murals -- just from the straight colored details standpoint...looking at it in person, wow, so much detail.

7:21 PM  
Blogger Angel said...

are you STILL on the state capital field trip???? POST SOMETHING!!!! ;)

12:11 PM  
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