Research Catalog

Title

Paris on the Potomac : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. / compiled and edited by Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay and Thomas P. Somma.

Publication

Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, [2007], ©2007.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• Field, Cynthia R.
• Gournay, Isabelle.
• Somma, Thomas P.

Description

ix, 164 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

"With an introductory overview providing the context and issues involved in three distinct periods of French influence, Paris on the Potomac presents case studies on David d'Angers's busts of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and on the influence of French architecture on Thomas Jefferson's vision of the U.S. Capitol. It offers a richly detailed examination of French-inspired interior decoration in the homes of Washington's elite in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and a consideration of the influence of Paris on city planning in Washington, D.C., including the efforts of the McMillan Commission and the later development of the Federal Triangle complex." "Paris on the Potomac, the latest addition to the series Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol, originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002 at the French Embassy's Maison Francaise."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

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

Uniform Title

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

Subject

• Architecture > Washington (D.C.) > French influences > Congresses
• City planning > Washington (D.C.) > French influences > Congresses
• Public art > Washington (D.C.) > Congresses
• Paris (France) > Civilization > Congresses
• Washington (D.C.) > Civilization > Congresses
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Congresses

Note

• Essays originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The French Connection in Washington, D.C.: Context and Issues / Isabelle Gournay -- Remembering Paris: The Jefferson-Latrobe Collaboration at the Capitol / William C. Allen -- "The Son by the Side of the Father": David d'Angers's Busts of Washington and Lafayette in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol / Thomas P. Somma -- Private Homes, Public Lives: Francophilia among Government Officers and the Washington Elite / Liana Paredes -- Interpreting the Influence of Paris on the Planning of Washington, D.C., 1870-1930 / Cynthia R. Field -- App. Architects and the French Connection in Washington, D.C. / Isabelle Gournay.

ISBN

• 9780821417591 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0821417592 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780821417607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0821417606 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007011350
• 40014875728

OCLC

• 86090536
• ocm86090536
• SCSB-5381622

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries