Jonathan Cohen's photos with the keyword: Bard College

And slowly answered Arthur from the barge: "The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. …" Tennyson The Passing of Arthur

A small school with a progressive reputation, Bard sits high on a bluff above the Hudson River in Annandale, commanding views that have scarcely changed since the days of the Hudson River painters. Its original library, a perfectly proportioned Ionic temple built in 1893, is the ideal architectural accent for this American arcadia. Of ivory brick surrounded by weathered stone columns, this Greek Revival gem stands for the idea of America as a natural paradise where democracy could take root. … in his competition-winning design, Venturi argued that the best way to honor the temple’s classical symmetry was not to ape it but to contrast it. Attached to the western wall of the earlier annex, flaring slightly as it projects beyond the temple’s portico, his addition is colorful, varied and lop-sided where the temple is monochrome, uniform and symmetrical; flatly surfaced instead of deeply recessed; marked by horizontal bands that counter the temple’s columns. The addition is the temple’s dream of itself in another life – in modern life, in fact. … Windows create counterpoint patterns, and also adjust the addition into harmonious relationship with the temple. Their rhythm and proportions echo the Ionic colonnade, while the mullions suggest fluting and even impart an illusion of roundness. (New York Times, October 31, 1993)

Ludlow Hall is the main administrative building on campus, housing the Offices of the President, Vice President for Administration, the Dean of the College, Institute for Writing and Thinking, the Language and Thinking Program, Registrar, Alumni/ae Affairs and Development, and Human Resources. Ludlow Willink Hall was completed in 1869, the gift of sisters Miss Elizabeth Ludlow and Mrs. Cornelia Ann Willink, whose pastor at Trinity Church in New York City suggested the donation. It was the home of Robert Brinkerhoff Fairbairn, the "Great Warden" who first took office in 1882, until his retirement in 1888. Over the years it has been used as a college hall, alumni hall, and as faculty residences. Ludlow Willink Hall retains much of the charm of its ornate and yet warm 19th-century architecture.