Research Catalog

Title

American pantheon : sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol / edited by Donald R. Kennon and Thomas P. Somma.

Publication

Athens : Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
• Somma, Thomas P.

Description

viii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.

Series Statement

Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol

Subject

• United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
• Pantheon (Rome, Italy) > Influence
• Public art > Washington (D.C.)
• United States > In art
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- The United States Capitol rotunda and the decoration of the state capitols, 1870-1930 / Francis V. O'Connor.

Call Number

JQF 04-1594

ISBN

• 0821414429 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0821414437 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003022674

OCLC

53253954

Title

American pantheon : sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol / edited by Donald R. Kennon and Thomas P. Somma.

Imprint

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

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Kennon, Donald R., 1948-

Somma, Thomas P.

Research Call Number

JQF 04-1594