American pantheon sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol

Other Authors: Kennon, Donald R., 1948-, Somma, Thomas P.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Athens : Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2004.
Series: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
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Table of Contents:
  • Pantheon on the Potomac : the architectural evolution of the Capitol rotunda / William C. Allen
  • The Italian influence on American political iconography : the United States Capitol as lure and disseminator / Pamela Potter-Hennessey
  • A new world pantheon : Italian sculptural contributions in the Capitol rotunda /
  • Pamela Potter-Hennessey
  • Virtue and virtual reality in John Trumbull's "pantheon" / Irma B. Jaffe
  • "Lost in America" : David D'Angers's bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, 1832-1833 / Thomas P. Somma
  • The problem with public art : Henry Kirke Brown's Thinking Negro (1855) from his pedimental design for the United States Capitol / Thomas P. Somma
  • Photographing the interior sky: a photographer's view of state capitols / Eric Oxendorf
  • Masking slavery in and on the United States Capitol rotunda / Vivien Green Fryd
  • Vinnie ream's Lincoln (1871) : the sexual politics of a sculptor's studio / Kirk Savage
  • Mythology, allegory, and history: Brumidi's frescoes for the new dome / Barbara A. Wolanin
  • Constantino Brumidi as decorator and history painter : an iconographic analysis of two rooms in the United States Capitol / Francis V. O'Connor
  • Gender and public space : women and art in the United States Capitol, 1860-2001 / Teresa B. Lachin
  • Constantino Brumidi as decorator and history painter: an iconographic analysis of two rooms in the United States Capitol / Francis V. O'Connor
  • The United States Capitol rotunda and the decoration of the state capitols, 1870-1930 / Francis V. O'Connor.