Decoration

Decoration

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Present name
Town, country
Copenhagen, Denmark
Description
interior | calligraphy | decoration | dissection hall, review room and chapel
Completed
1986
Status
extant
Done by
Poul Gernes, Aase Seidler Gernes, Georg Jansen
IDname
PG-Z-2114
Notes
The dissection hall is decorated with a line of text that runs all the way round as a frieze. This is the prose poem Desiderata. The poem reads as a compendium of good advice for a spiritual and modest lifestyle. It is written by American poet Max Ehrmann in the 1920s. But in the 1970s, when it had a wide circulation on posters and cards, it was considered anonymous wisdom, originating from Saint Paul’s Church in Baltimore around 1700. That is how the poem is credited in the decoration at Panum.
The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Kim Lykke

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Kim Lykke

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Kim Lykke

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

The Panum Institute, dissection hall and chapel

Photo: Ulrikka Gernes