The Thomas Jefferson Building: The Library of Congress (Art Spaces) - Softcover

Marshall, Blaine; Hovan, Alexander

 
9781857591361: The Thomas Jefferson Building: The Library of Congress (Art Spaces)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1857591364 ISBN 13: 9781857591361
Verlag: Scala Publishers Ltd, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This work traces the architectural an social progress of the world's largest library and its role as a space for the arts.

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Crowned with a copper dome and the gilded Torch of Learning, the ornate Italian Renaissance structure of the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington D.C.) stands on top of Capitol Hill as a dazzling expression of American art, architecture, and self-confidence. Termed the 'national temple of the arts' on its opening in 1897, the structure was designed both to house America's national library and to showcase the art and culture of the growing Republic. While the grand scale of architecture was inspired by the national libraries of England and France, the decoration was American-made and modeled on elements of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This exquisite and compact book in the Art Spaces series explores the world's largest library and its role as a space for the arts.

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This work traces the architectural an social progress of the world's largest library and its role as a space for the arts.

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Verlag
Scala Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1857591364
ISBN 13 
9781857591361
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
62
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