Blue Steps of Naumkeag

Primary Creator
Landscape Designer: Steele, Fletcher
Contributor(s)
Properties
Era1900 - 1950
Length1200
StyleModern
Width720
Name of Work Blue Steps of Naumkeag
Production Date 1937-39
Production Location


Current Location


Media Types birch trees, concrete, paint (blue), steel, water
General Notes

Description

A double stairway consisting of a series of steps and small landings with white-arched, blue-painted grottoes under each landing. White-stemmed birches are part of the composition, frame the steps and give the composition a veritcal element. Delicate, curved white railings in front of curved yew hedges create visual resonance with the white of the birches, and act as a coordinating transition between the steps and the birches

Theme

The man-made enhances nature -- it is what makes nature beautiful

Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life

elegance and grace

Context Information

Tags

movement