Medieval Immovability in compliment with the "new idea" of Modernism. the flowing emotion and clean lines
"The Modern Idea" of the Deco period This Lion acts as Gate Guardian or Torwacher to the City hall, playing on a Greek Allegory of the Sphinx guarding the city of Thebes, where solving a riddle was demanded of Oedipus for Entrance. He Gained access to the City but it was the whole affair was ultimately a tragedy and an allegory for the Western Mind.
Romanesque collumms working in compliment to the "New Idea" of Modernism. highlighting their similarities of clean Masculine Strength. Apollonian.