Paris on the Potomac the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. /

Paris on the Potomac the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. / [electronic resource] : compiled and edited by Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay and Thomas P. Somma. - Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2007. - ix, 164 p. : ill., maps. - Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol .

Essays originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780821442395 (electronic bk.)




Architecture--French influences--Washington (D.C.)--Congresses.
City planning--French influences--Washington (D.C.)--Congresses.
Public art--Washington (D.C.)--Congresses.


Paris (France)--Civilization--Congresses.
Washington (D.C.)--Civilization--Congresses.
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Congresses.


Electronic books.

NA735.W3 / P37 2007

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