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==Notable art and architecture<span class="anchor" id="Notable Art and Architecture"></span>== [[Public Works of Art Project|The Public Works of Art Project]] came to Cleveland in 1933, with far-reaching lines of job-seeking artists extending around the Cleveland Museum of Art. Linda Eastman was invited to consult with [[Cleveland Museum of Art]] Director [[William M. Milliken|William Milliken]]. What resulted from this interaction were murals of [[William Sommer|Willam Sommer's]] "The City in 1833", Donald Bayard's "Early Transportation", and Ora Coltman's "The Dominance of the City." Linda Eastman believed if art could lead readers to books, if art could enlighten and educate in itself, than art was acceptable at the Cleveland Public Library.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Federal Art in Cleveland, 1933-1943|last=Marling|first=Karal Ann|publisher=Cleveland Public Library|year=1974|location=Cleveland, OH}}</ref> To complete the decoration of Brett Hall, Cleveland Public Library partnered with the Cleveland Area Arts Council to select three new artists to paint new murals for the walls. "Sommer's Sun" by Edwin Mieczkowski's, Christopher Pekoc's "Night Sky", and "Public Square" by Robert Jergens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpl.org/homage-to-artist-edwin-mieczkowski-1929-2017/|title=Homage to Artist Edwin Mieczkowski (1929-2017)|last=Kaplan|first=Andrew|website=Cleveland Public Library|date=30 June 2017|access-date=13 December 2018|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213949/https://cpl.org/homage-to-artist-edwin-mieczkowski-1929-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Terrestrial Globe created by Sterling Bronze Company.jpg|thumb|132x132px|Terrestrial Globe]] Hanging from the Main Library entrance hall is a large terrestrial pearl-gray art glass globe made by the Sterling Bronze Company in 1925. This globe is based on a [[Leonardo da Vinci]] map, now housed at [[Windsor Castle]]. The map is one of earliest to depict the Americas-with North America indicated simply by small islands.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cleveland Public Library, The Art, Architecture, and Collections of the Main Library|last=Vincent, Ph.D.|first=Marc|publisher=Cleveland Public Library|year=1999|location=Cleveland, OH}}</ref> The portraits of former members of Congress Louis Stokes and [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] are housed at the Cleveland Public Library, painted by artist Khaz Ra'el.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Public art- Library unveils donated portrait of Stokes, Jones|last=Dixon Murray|first=Teresa|date=April 1, 2018|work=The Cleveland Plain Dealer}}</ref>
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