Library Of Congress: Its Construction Architecture And Decoration

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John Y Cole, Henry Hope Reed
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 M11 4 - 320 páginas
A handsomely illustrated tribute to the Library of Congress building, published to coincide with its one hundredth anniversary.

Arguably the most beautifully decorated building in the United States, the Library of Congress building (recently renamed the Jefferson Building) is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary this year after an eighty million dollar restoration that returned it to its original state. Designed by John L. Smithmeyer and completed in 1897 at a cost of under seven million dollars, the building is enhanced by the art of over forty sculptors and painters whose ranks include such notables as Herbert Adams, Kenyon Cox, Edward Clark Potter, Louis Saint-Gaudens, and John Quincy Adams Ward. The planning and construction are detailed in John Y. Cole's essay, followed by discussions by Henry Hope Reed, Richard Murray, and Thomas P. Somma of the decorations, paintings, and sculptures. The volume concludes with a study of the restoration by Barbara Wolanin, a chronology, a glossary of architectural and decorative terms, and a biographical dictionary of all the artists, architects, and designers who worked on the building. Throughout, noted photographer Anne Day's color images enhance this splendid book.
 

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PREFACE 79 HANDBOOK OF THE
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The Exterior of the Building
82
EDITORS The North CorridorGreat Hall
98
THE ARCHITECTS The Lobbies of the Main Reading Room
104
The Members of Congress Room
113
The Main Reading Room
120
STRUGGLE
138
Spofford and the Idea of a National Library 34 The East Corridor
148
A National Monument The Galleries and Pavilions
155
SOUVENIRS OF THE The Pavilion of the Elements
162
THE THOMAS JEFFERSON
168
THE DECORATORS
173
PAINTED WORDS
193
THE SCULPTURAL
227
RESTORATION
253
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John Y. Cole is a librarian, historian, and director of The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Henry Hope Reed is founder and president of Classical America and is the author of numerous books, including The Golden City and The New York Public Library. He lives in New York City.

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