American pantheon
Subtitle: sculptural and artistic decoration of the United States Capitol
By: edited by Donald R. Kennon and Thomas P. Somma.
Contributors: Kennon, Donald R., 1948-; Somma, Thomas P.
Series: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
Publisher: Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Pantheon (Rome, Italy) -- Influence.; Public art -- Washington (D.C.); United States -- In art -- In art.; Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Genres: In art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pantheon on the Potomac : the architectural evolution of the Capitol rotunda / William C. Allen; title: The Italian influence on American political iconography : the United States Capitol as lure and disseminator / Pamela Potter-Hennessey; title: A new world pantheon : Italian sculptural contributions in the Capitol rotunda /; title: Pamela Potter-Hennessey; title: Virtue and virtual reality in John Trumbull's "pantheon" / Irma B. Jaffe; title: "Lost in America" : David D'Angers's bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, 1832-1833 / Thomas P. Somma; title: The problem with public art : Henry Kirke Brown's Thinking Negro (1855) from his pedimental design for the United States Capitol / Thomas P. Somma; title: Photographing the interior sky: a photographer's view of state capitols / Eric Oxendorf; title: Masking slavery in and on the United States Capitol rotunda / Vivien Green Fryd; title: Vinnie ream's Lincoln (1871) : the sexual politics of a sculptor's studio / Kirk Savage; title: Mythology, allegory, and history: Brumidi's frescoes for the new dome / Barbara A. Wolanin; title: Constantino Brumidi as decorator and history painter : an iconographic analysis of two rooms in the United States Capitol / Francis V. O'Connor; title: Gender and public space : women and art in the United States Capitol, 1860-2001 / Teresa B. Lachin; title: Constantino Brumidi as decorator and history painter: an iconographic analysis of two rooms in the United States Capitol / Francis V. O'Connor; title: The United States Capitol rotunda and the decoration of the state capitols, 1870-1930 / Francis V. O'Connor.