tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276520236808791652.post1400261388054310779..comments2023-05-25T03:48:30.575-04:00Comments on Iconic Books: Beautiful LibrariesJim Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068322644665292940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276520236808791652.post-27478249311613739962007-09-10T21:37:00.000-04:002007-09-10T21:37:00.000-04:00Yes, I've felt that effect in the Bodleian too--an...Yes, I've felt that effect in the Bodleian too--and in the main reading room of the Stirling Library (built to imitate a gothic cathedral) and the wood-lined, two story Day Mission library room, both at Yale. And despite analyzing the social power symbolized by the architecture of such libraries, I still enjoy the feeling!Jim Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068322644665292940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276520236808791652.post-78683051965384112342007-09-09T10:34:00.000-04:002007-09-09T10:34:00.000-04:00The library that I was very impressed with was the...The library that I was very impressed with was the Bodelian at Oxford. When I was there I felt that I had walked through a portal into a monastic library of the middle ages. It was so much the beauty of the library, but the effect that it had on me when I was present within it.April DeConickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616757055618151612noreply@blogger.com