Paris on the Potomac [electronic resource] : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. / compiled and edited by Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay and Thomas P. Somma.
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TextSeries: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States CapitolPublication details: Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2007Description: ix, 164 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9780821442395 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- French influences -- Congresses | City planning -- Washington (D.C.) -- French influences -- Congresses | Public art -- Washington (D.C.) -- Congresses | Paris (France) -- Civilization -- Congresses | Washington (D.C.) -- Civilization -- Congresses | Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 720.944/09753 LOC classification: NA735.W3 | P37 2007Online resources: Click to View 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.
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