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From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 7, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

As you ascend the central staircase of the original Boston Public Library building at Copley Square, past the two large marble lions on towering pedestals guarding the approach, floating figures draped in flowing white garments slowly rise into view. The figures -- the nine muses of Greek mythology flying upward from the groves of Parnassus to welcome a nude youth who represents the Spirit of Enlightenment -- are part of a large wall mural by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

The mural, 20 feet high and 40 feet long, was completed in 1896 and is meant to represent the library as a source of ...

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