American Pantheon: Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol

Washington D.C. and Athens, OH: Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, 2004. viii, 291 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol Ser. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: Pantheon on the Potomac: the architectural evolution of the Capitol rotunda, by William C. Allen; The Italian influence on American political iconography: the United States Capitol as lure and disseminator, by Pamela Potter-Hennessey; A new world pantheon: Italian sculptural contributions in the Capitol rotunda, by; Pamela Potter-Hennessey; Virtue and virtual reality in John Trumbull's "pantheon", by Irma B. Jaffe; "Lost in America": David D'Angers's bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, 1832-1833, by Thomas P. Somma; The problem with public art: Henry Kirke Brown's Thinking Negro (1855) from his pedimental design for the United States Capitol, by Thomas P. Somma; Photographing the interior sky: a photographer's view of state capitols, by Eric Oxendorf; Masking slavery in and on the United States Capitol rotunda, by Vivien Green Fryd; Vinnie ream's Lincoln (1871): the sexual politics of a sculptor's studio, by Kirk Savage; Mythology, allegory, and history: Brumidi's frescoes for the new dome, by Barbara A. Wolanin; Constantino Brumidi as decorator and history painter: an iconographic analysis of two rooms in the United States Capitol, by Francis V. O'Connor; Gender and public space: women and art in the United States Capitol, 1860-2001, by Teresa B. Lachin; Constantino Brumidi as decorator and history painter: an iconographic analysis of two rooms in the United States Capitol, by Francis V. O'Connor; The United States Capitol rotunda and the decoration of the state capitols, 1870-1930, by Francis V. O'Connor.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.