My Field Trip to City Hall, Video Version, Part 3

So now we go to the Gold room, which was created by a young artist. He wasn't really that famous before he did the Gold room, and in Sweden he wasn't very famous afterward either. This is because the old artist who was going to do the room died before he could start. The new guy was found, and he was very promising... but he first estimated that the room could be done in seven years, only to be told he had two years to do the work. So there's a few mistakes. Like St. George the Dragonslayer's head is chopped off.

Now, the Gold room is rather controversial because the artist did it in a style not typically thought of as "Swedish" Or even classical, in keeping with the rest of the building. Rather, this room is rather foreign in flavor, more in keeping with Roman or some other mosaics. However, all the motifs are Swedish.

The best thing about this room though is the woman who dominates the artwork. She's susposed to the the spirit of the lake that joins up with the sea (Where Stockholm Lies) and the artist thought her quite beautiful. After all, she is a protector, so she is a little more muscular than most people think a woman should be, but the artist thought she was quite beautiful. Conventional Swedes disagree. Plus, she holds Stockholm in her lap, and seems to stand at the center of the world- see, there's the Eastern countries on one side, and there's the Western countries (including, yes, the statue of liberty and an American flag) on the right side. And she is in the center of the constellations also.

And Finally, I have some other random footage of the blue room and other stuff. But I'm tired and want to go to bed, so you're going to have to figure out what the rest of the stuff is without my help. Here we go:

(oh, and the stairs in the blue room are exspecially designed for females walking down in heels and doing it gracefully. The architect and his wife (in heels) spent THREE WEEKS STRAIGHT walking up and down the staircase together trying out different models.)