<img width="640" height="817" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65-700x894.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65-700x894.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65-235x300.jpg 235w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65-170x217.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65.jpg 802w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="25175" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/06/10/visual-space-in-music/1982-25-65/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65.jpg" data-orig-size="802,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"The Smithsonian continues to research information on its collections. Contact Smithsonian for current status.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1982-25-65" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65-235x300.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1982-25-65-700x894.jpg" />Though this striking drawing may at first seem to present a colorful abstract fantasy, the design meticulously translates 78 measures of the 1870 music drama Die Walküre into a new complex visual form. Before creating this ornamental design, John De Cesare worked very successfully as an architectural sculptor. He provided sculptural decoration for some of...
