communication through history

Columbus is by far the most populated city in Ohio, now.  The state government, and the largest university in the state are there. So, there is stuff worth seeing. Not everybody is interested in seeing the same things. The last two things i still wanted to see was a stained glass window in a saloon, and the other was a marvelous mosaic in the Health Sciences Library, now Prior Hall at OSU. Marguerite Gaudin worked from 1931 to 1991, the last 50 years as the principal designer, for Willet Studios in Philadelphia. She was commissioned to design (1974) a 67' mural showing communication through time in the history of mankind. Costante Crovatto, Giovanni Travisanutto, and Nicky Milanese worked on the mosaic. For some years, it was on the outside of the building.

I was taking fotos. It was behind the entry information desk. There was furniture in front of it with people reading. I could not get the entire panorama. I counted out about 19 sections. I spoke to  a receptionist afterwards. She agreed it was a great work. I asked her about whether people came in to take pictures. She said, "No".

The first vignette was a man making smoke signals. Anonymous people did not have faces.

Moses receiving the Ten Commandments. This is a close up, this figure was the most obscured by furniture.

The first vignettes had no script about them.  Here are Greek, Roman, Cyrillic letters.

recent times, now 50 years past

the last vignette