The Library of Congress: The Art and Architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building
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.…
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Weitere Autoren: Reed, Henry Hope (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-393-04563-5
- EAN: 9780393045635
- Produktnummer: 9354116
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H31.0 cm x B23.8 cm x D2.9 cm 1'715 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 1715
Über den Autor
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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