Paris on the Potomac : The French Influence on the Architecture and Art of Washington, D.C. /

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"With an introductory overview providing the context and issues involved in three distinct periods of French influence, Paris on the Potomac presents case studies on David d'Angers's busts of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and on the influence of French architecture o...

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Otros Autores: Somma, Thomas P., Gournay, Isabelle, Field, Cynthia R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public art
Civilization
City planning > French influences
Architecture > French influences
Buildings.
ART > History > General.
Architecture > Washington (D.C.) > Influence française > Congres.
Public art > Washington (D.C.) > Congresses.
City planning > Washington (D.C.) > French influences > Congresses.
Architecture > Washington (D.C.) > French influences > Congresses.
Washington (D.C.)
France > Paris
Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Congresses.
Washington (D.C.) > Civilization > Congresses.
Paris (France) > Civilization > Congresses.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congress
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The French connection in Washington, D.C. : context and issues / Isabelle Gournay
  • Remembering Paris : the Jefferson-Latrobe collaboration at the Capitol / William C. Allen
  • "The son by the side of the father" : David d'Angers's busts of Washington and Lafayette in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol / Thomas P. Somma
  • Private homes, public lives : francophilia among government officers and the Washington elite / Liana Paredes
  • Interpreting the influence of Paris on the planning of Washington, D.C., 1870-1930 / Cynthia R. Field
  • Appendix : architects and the French connection in Washington, D.C / Isabelle Gournay.

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