1.
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-2158828-chicago1/

2.
Chicago is the third most
populous city in the United
States, after New York City
and Los Angeles. With
2.7 million residents, it is
the most populous city in
both the U.S. state of Illinois
and the American Midwest.
Its metropolitan area,
sometimes called
Chicagoland, is home to
9.5 million people and is the
third-largest in the United
States.
In 2012, Chicago hosted
46.37 million international
and domestic visitors, an
overall visitation record.
Chicago's culture includes
contributions to the visual
arts, novels, film, theater,
especially improvisational
comedy, and music,
particularly jazz, blues, soul,
and the creation of house
music

3.
The Art Institute of Chicago
was founded as both a
museum and school for the
fine arts in 1879, a critical
era in the history of
Chicago as civic energies
were devoted to rebuilding
the metropolis that had
been destroyed by the
Great Fire of 1871.

4.
Its first collections consisting primarily of plaster casts, the Art Institute
found its permanent home in 1893, when it moved into a building,
constructed jointly with the city of Chicago for the World's Columbian
Exposition, at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street. That
building, its entry flanked by the two famous bronze lions, remains the
"front door" of the museum even today.

5.
Two bronze lions guard the
entrance to The Art Institute
of Chicago. They have been
a symbol of the museum for
over 120 years ... since 1894.
The building was erected to
house an international
congress held in conjunction
with the World’s Columbian
Exposition of 1893. During
the fair, Edward Kemeys
exhibited the plaster studies
for the sculptures. The
finished bronze sculptures
were installed one year later
in 1894.

6.
Edward L. Kemeys (1843 –
1907) was an American
sculptor, best known for his
sculptures of animals

7.
Edward L. Kemeys
(1843 –1907)
Lions, 1894

8.
The Modern Wing

9.
Designed by Pritzker Prize–
winning architect Renzo
Piano, the Modern Wing is
the new home for the
museum’s collection of 20th-
and 21st-century art. A
decade in the making, this
264,000 square-foot building
makes the Art Institute the
second-largest art museum
in the United States.

10.
The building
houses the
museum’s world-
renowned
collections of
modern European
painting and
sculpture,
contemporary art,
architecture and
design, and
photography.

11.
The Modern Wing allows the Art Institute to take
its rightful place as one of the world’s great
collections of modern and contemporary art.

12.
Richmond Barthé
The Boxer

13.
John Bradley Storrs
(1885-1956)
Ceres 1928
H. C. Westerman,
Angry Young Machine,
1959

14.
H. C. Westerman,
Angry Young Machine,
1959

15.
Paul Manship (American, 1885-1966)
Indian and Pronghorn Antelope, 1914

16.
Paul Manship (American, 1885-1966)
Indian, 1914

17.
Paul Manship
(American, 1885-1966)
Dancer and Gazelles, 1916

18.
Ed Paschke, American 1939 - 2004
Mid American, 1969

19.
Jeff Koons,
Woman in Tub, 1988

20.
Jeff Koons,
Hanging Heart (Blue-Silver),
1994–2006
AmedeoModigliani(Italian,1884–1920)
MadamPompadour,1915

21.
AmedeoModigliani(Italian,1884–1920)
JacquesandBertheLipchitz,1916
AmedeoModigliani(Italian,1884–1920)
PortraitofaWoman,c.1917–19

22.
Henry Moore
(British, 1898–
1986) is often
considered the
foremost British
sculptor of the
20th century.
Institute of
Chicago - East
Gardens
Henry Moore,
Large Interior
Form, 1982

23.
Henry Moore (British, 1898–1986)
Large Interior Form, 1982

24.
Henry Moore
(British,
1898–1986)
Large Interior
Form, 1982

25.
Alexander Calder (1898 –1976)
was an American sculptor best
known as the originator of the
mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture
made with delicately balanced or
suspended components which
move in response to motor power
or air currents.

26.
Alexander Calder (1898 –1976),
Flying Dragon, 1975,
painted steel

27.
Chicago Stock
Exchange
Entrance Arch
Designed by Louis
Sullivan.
The east entrance
of the Art Institute
of Chicago is
marked by the
stone arch
entrance to the old
Chicago Stock
Exchange.
Designed by Louis
Sullivan in 1894,
the Exchange was
torn down in 1972,
but salvaged
portions of the
original trading
room were brought
to the Art Institute
and reconstructed.

28.
The upper
spandrels of the
arch are two
commemorative
medallions, four
feet in diameter.
The left
medallion
depicts the
house of P.F.W.
Peck, the first
structure on this
site.

29.
The right
medallion
originally carried
the legend: "The
First Brick
Building Built in
Chicago Was
Built upon This
Site"

30.
As the Stock
Exchange was
nearing
completion, this
was discovered
to be untrue,
and the right
medallion was
replaced with
the date "1893,"
the year
construction
began.

31.
Institute of
Chicago (AIC) -
East Gardens

32.
James Earle Fraser (American Sculptor, 1876-1953)
83.8 x 66 x 22.2 cm
A bronze replica of Fraser's famous End of the Trail, depicting
an Native American with a spear on a horse.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33.
James Earle Fraser
(American Sculptor, 1876-1953)
The End of the Trail, 1918
Height: 111.8 cm

34.
Fernand Léger
(French, 1881–1955)
Reclining Woman, 1922

35.
Robert Delaunay
La Tour Eiffel et la Roue 1910-1913
Fernand Léger
The Railway Crossing, 1919
Constantin Brâncuşi
Sleeping Muse, 1910

36.
Constantin Brâncuşi (Romanian, 1876–1957)

37.
Constantin Brâncuşi (1876–1957)
Leda, c.1920

38.
Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876–1957)
Wisdom, c. 1908

39.
Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876–1957)
Two Penguins,
1911–14

40.
Constantin Brâncuşi (1876–1957)
Golden Bird, 1919-20

41.
Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876–1957)
Golden Bird, 1919-20

42.
Constantin Brâncuşi (1876–1957)
Suffering, 1907

43.
ConstantinBrâncuşi(1876–1957)PortraitofaWoman,1911
Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876–1957)
White Negress II, 1928

44.
Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876–1957)
White Negress II, 1928

45.
ConstantinBrâncuşi(1876–1957)HeadofaWoman,before1930
Constantin Brâncuşi
(1876–1957)
The First Step, c. 1912

46.
Constantin Brâncuşi
Sleeping Muse, 1910

47.
Constantin Brâncuşi
Sleeping Muse, 1910

48.
Constantin Brâncuşi
Sleeping Muse, 1910

49.
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