{"id":1806,"date":"2014-11-24T18:38:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2021-05-08T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T14:37:31","slug":"men-paint-ceilings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/men-paint-ceilings\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Men Paint on Ceilings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ceiing-at-chicago-theatre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1807\" src=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ceiing-at-chicago-theatre-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"ceiing at chicago theatre\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ceiing-at-chicago-theatre-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ceiing-at-chicago-theatre-1024x999.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last month, a friend visited from New York. As a good host, I tried to think of things she might like to do. As a sort of ambassador for the city I love and have called home most of my life, I tried to think of experiences that were patently <strong><em>Chicago<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I took her to <strong><em>The Bean, <\/em><\/strong>Anish Kapor\u2019s 66\u2019 long reflective steel sculpture (officially named <em>Cloud Gate<\/em>), which is a featured attraction in Millennium Park. We took a slow walk down Michigan Avenue, one of the great shopping streets in the world, and had a Chicago style hot dog, complete with Day-Glo green pickle relish.<\/p>\n<p>I took her to dinner at a small plates style <em>tapas<\/em> restaurant in the South Loop and to a concert at the Chicago Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by the Rapp Brothers and built in 1921, the 3600-seat auditorium was the biggest jewel in the Balaban &amp; Katz chain of movie theaters. The sign at the State Street entrance is a six-story high marquee, simply with the letters C-H-I-C-A-G-O running down.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, some of its interiors were modeled after the palace at Versailles. It features a grand staircase and incredible French-themed murals. Its renovation in the mid eighties, costing over $9 million, did nothing to diminish its grandeur, although its days as a movie palace were over. In 1986, it became more of a hall for concerts and special events.<\/p>\n<p>As we took our seats in Row C of the lower balcony, I couldn\u2019t help but look up at the ceiling. I was amazed by the image of three horses pulling a chariot. It was impossible not to ask myself, <strong><em>Why do men paint <\/em>on ceilings?<\/strong> and the natural follow-up, <strong><em>Why would someone paint on the ceiling of a theatre?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The immediate answer was simply that it was a style of the times. Movie houses in the 20s were large spaces and the owners wanted patrons to be impressed. After all, they were about to experience a new type of entertainment (cinema) and should be a little in awe.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9cor-wise and for the sake of visual balance, it would probably look off-kilter if a large auditorium, with richly colored seats and carpeting, had only a vanilla sky above. But the image of the muscular horses and fearless charioteer was stirring. I might expect a church gathering would look up towards heaven for a little inspiration, but in a theatre, especially after the lights are dimmed, I\u2019d expect most people would direct their gaze to the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Why would there be such a mural on the ceiling of the Chicago Theatre? Strictly as an element of d\u00e9cor? Because it was the style of the times? Something to distract patrons until the show started?<\/p>\n<p>Although the practice of painting on a ceiling is old, I can\u2019t help but look at an impressively decorated aerial expanse and not think about when the idea was new. What was it like for an audience member to see such a thing for the first time?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what art does. It reminds us to consider things that have not been done before. A theatre is as good a place as any to remember this.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the best question is not <strong><em>Why do men paint on ceilings?<\/em> <\/strong>but <strong><em>Will we ever run out of new ceilings? <\/em><\/strong> Will we ever lose our capacity to take a fresh look at what can be done and create something that hasn\u2019t been done before? I hope not.<\/p>\n<p>Being inspired by an old work of art because it represents <strong><em>artistry<\/em><\/strong> is no small thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, a friend visited from New York. 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