Sunday, October 7, 2018

[My Life in Harvard] My Temple: Harvard Widener Library 我的聖殿:哈佛總圖書館 The Art & Wisdom from Thousand Years Ago.





The temple on the top of the hill ~ 
Stepped into the gate finally, with wisdom with brave ~
Harvard Widener Library ~
The most extraordinary marble temple in the world ~

History of Harvard Widener Library (The Harvard Gazette)




























The front gate in the first floor ~
































The second floor


The exhibition hall 
- Stumbled upon a rare legacy of knowledge as old as human history -


Harry Elkins Widener, The founder's son
His mother built this beautiful temple 


Harry Widener's study room


Welcome to wisdom ~



Back to the first century ~

When no words no record ~

How do human record mortal life, pure love, god's wisdom?




























The bible 



The study room ~



The whole room 


Harry Elkins Widener Collec­tion and Harvard Widener Library's History








The computer room ~




Study room ~


The ground level 




The hallway



The back door





"A visual love letter to Widener Library"
(Video of Harvard Widener Library)


My dear temple ~

The wisdom of human ~

Climbed all mountains to worship you, my dear temple ~

From an island far away ~

Fulfilled my dream, touching my soul, sharing knowledge and beauty ~

To people who never have chance to see, to feel ~

Whenever how long path I stumbled, how fortitudinous I payed ~

From an island far away ~




6 comments:

  1. The Harvard library is really gorgeous !!! Had had a good time studying there.

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  2. 原來哈佛圖書館長這樣,大開眼界,五個世紀前的收藏品還能保存如此完整,不愧是世界級的圖書館

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    1. 對,每次踏進去都很悸動,分享一下,因為這不開放參觀的~
      也算是我的心願之一,分享知識與美.

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  3. 感覺不是圖書館,而是博物館OAO!!
    還滿喜歡空間燈具的選擇,與建築的搭配真的非常棒,
    光是這圖書館就讓人對於這學校心生嚮往呀!
    學姊這次能進去真的是很棒的機會,已羨慕!!!

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    1. ^^~~~ 這一間是我最喜歡的圖書館了~
      我夏秋常常待在那個有陽光下來的房間(有照片那一個)
      冬天就沒去了,太冷...

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