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American pantheon : sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol
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American pantheon : sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol

Author: Donald R Kennon; Thomas P Somma
Publisher: Athens : Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Series: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol.
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American pantheon.
Athens : Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2004
(OCoLC)608913495
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Donald R Kennon; Thomas P Somma
ISBN: 0821414429 9780821414422 0821414437 9780821414439
OCLC Number: 53253954
Description: viii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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.
Series Title: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol.
Responsibility: edited by Donald R. Kennon and Thomas P. Somma.
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