| Description |
ix, 316 pages, [8] pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol |
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Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol.
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| Note |
Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society's first two conferences dedicated to the history and appreciation of the U.S. Capitol. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Seat of broils, confusion, and squandered thousands" : building the Capitol, 1790-1802 / William C. Allen -- Forms into architecture : reform ideals and the gauntlets of the real in Latrobe's surveyorships at the U.S. Capitol, 1803-1817 / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- Charles Bulfinch : well-connected, refined gentleman architect / Pamela Scott -- Thomas U. Walter and the search for propriety / James M. Goode -- Right-hand men : the development of the Office of Architect of the Capitol, 1865-1954 / William B. Bushong -- Historicization of the U.S. Capitol and the Office of Architect, 1954-1996 / Richard Guy Wilson -- Artist of the Capitol / Barbara A. Wolanin -- Study of Constantino Brumidi's painting technique in the Senate corridors / Catherine S. Myers -- Brumidi and the case of the mutant mantel clock : national iconography in decorative projects for the House of Representatives extension, 1855-1858 / David Sellin -- Emanuel Leutze's Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way : imagining Manifest Destiny, the "Stars and Stripes," and the Civil War / Daniel Clayton Lewis -- Albert Bierstadt : history painter for the U.S. Capitol / Kimberly A. Jones -- "Worthy of national commemoration" : national Statuary Hall and the heroic ideal, 1864-1997 / Teresa B. Lachin. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
"The United States Capitol: Designing and Decorating a National Icon combines the papers from the United States Capitol Historical Society's first two conferences dedicated to the visual history and appreciation of this most significant of public buildings in the United States."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) -- Congresses.
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Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Congresses.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Washington (D.C.) -- Congresses.
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Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Congresses.
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United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) (OCoLC)fst00631067
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Architecture. (OCoLC)fst00813346
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Buildings. (OCoLC)fst00840962
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural. (OCoLC)fst00889225
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Washington (D.C.) (OCoLC)fst01204505
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
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United States Capitol Historical Society.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: United States Capitol. Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)606374720 |
| ISBN |
0821413015 (cl. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780821413012 (cl. ; acid-free paper) |
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0821413023 (pbk.) |
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9780821413029 (pbk.) |
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