Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol – serie
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Art and Empire
The Politics of Ethnicity in the United States Capitol, 1815–1860
Häftad, 2001
366 kr
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The subject matter and iconography of much of the art in the U.S. Capitol forms a remarkably coherent program of the early course of North American empire, from discovery and settlement to the national development and westward expansion that necessitated the subjugation of the indigenous peoples.In …
American Pantheon
Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol
Av Donald R. Kennon, Donald R. Kennon m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
366 kr
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Like the ancient Roman Pantheon, the U.S. Capitol was designed by its political and aesthetic arbiters to memorialize the virtues, events, and persons most representative of the nation's ideals—an attempt to raise a particular version of the nation's founding to the level of myth.American Pantheon …
Paris on the Potomac
The French Influence on the Architecture and Art of Washington, D.C.
Av Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
366 kr
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In 1910 John Merven Carrère, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, "Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities." The five essays in Paris on the Potomac explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D.C., which …
United States Capitol
Designing and Decorating a National Icon
Av Donald R. Kennon, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad, 2000
366 kr
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The United States Capitol is a national cultural icon, and among the most visually recognized seats of government in the world. The past quarter century has witnessed an explosion of scholarly interest in the art and architectural history of the Capitol. The emergence of the historic preservation …
Montgomery C. Meigs and the Building of the Nation's Capital
Av William C. Dickinson, William C. Dickinson m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
378 kr
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At the age of thirty-six, in 1852, Lt. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers reported to Washington, D.C., for duty as a special assistant to the chief army engineer, Gen. Joseph G. Totten. It was a fateful assignment, both for the nation's capital and for the bright, …
American Pantheon
Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol
Av Donald R. Kennon, Donald R. Kennon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
869 kr
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Like the ancient Roman Pantheon, the U.S. Capitol was designed by its political and aesthetic arbiters to memorialize the virtues, events, and persons most representative of the nation's ideals—an attempt to raise a particular version of the nation's founding to the level of myth.American Pantheon …
Paris on the Potomac
The French Influence on the Architecture and Art of Washington, D.C.
Av Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
639 kr
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In 1910 John Merven Carrère, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, "Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities." The five essays in Paris on the Potomac explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D.C., which …
Incidental Architect
William Thornton and the Cultural Life of Early Washington, D.C., 1794–1828
Inbunden, 2009
639 kr
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While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both …
Incidental Architect
William Thornton and the Cultural Life of Early Washington, D.C., 1794–1828
Häftad, 2009
366 kr
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While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both …
