I made a quick stop today at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. The building was designed by Eliel Saarinen. The Cranbrook campus, which includes boarding schools for middle and high school age boys and girls, is situated on a 175 beautifully landcscaped rolling acres in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It being fall, the fountains are dry, but the beauty of the place still shines through. Here are some photos. (Click on an image to see it larger.)
The Cranbrook Academy of Art
The Cranbrook Academy of Art
A bronze reproduction of an old centaur (“Vecchio Centauro” ), originally sculpted in black marble by Aristeas and Papias in AD130
Sculptures by Carl Milles in the Triton Pools designed by Eliel Saarinen (1916)
Sculptures by Carl Milles in the Triton Pools designed by Eliel Saarinen (1916)
Europa and the Bull, by Carl Milles (1926)
The Thinker, by Marshall Fredericks (1938)
For Mother Teresa, Mark di Suvero (1998)
The Cranbrook Academy of Art
Orpheus Fountain, by Carl Milles (1936-37)
The Cranbrook Art Museum
The Library at the Cranbrook Art Museum
