American pantheon : sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol /
edited by Donald R. Kennon and Thomas P. Somma.
- Athens : Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2004.
- viii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0821414437 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Pantheon (Rome, Italy)--Influence.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Public art--Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
United States--In art.
NA4411 / .A59 2004
725/.11/09753
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0821414437 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Pantheon (Rome, Italy)--Influence.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Public art--Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
United States--In art.
NA4411 / .A59 2004
725/.11/09753