Here is the question :
WHICH NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK FEATURES A CELESTIAL MURAL ON ITS CEILING?
Here is the option for the question :
- Grand Central
- Penn Station
- Empire State Building
- Chrysler Building
The Answer:
And, the answer for the the question is :
Explanation:
[STC001838] When Grand Central Terminal first opened its doors on February 2, 1913, it was adorned with a stunning painting in aqua and gold that was intended to resemble a portion of the heavens. The artwork was painted directly onto the plaster ceiling, and many of the images were taken from Johann Bayer’s ‘Uranometria’ star atlas, which was published in 1603. However, not long after the terminal had opened for business, a sharp-eyed passenger realized that the zodiac characters depicted in the mural were in the wrong order, with east representing west and west representing east. The complaint was disregarded by the officials of the railroad, who said that the mural was painted “from God’s perspective.” The artwork has undergone a number of repairs and reconstructions, and as a result, it is now painted on boards that have been attached to the ceiling. You can see what the mural looked like before it was cleaned, which removed years’ worth of accumulated cigarette tar and other grime, in a rectangle that is located in the northwest corner of the room.