Paris on the Potomac : 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

Published:: Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: ix, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Additional Creators:: Field, Cynthia R., Gournay, Isabelle, and Somma, Thomas P.

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Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol

Contents:

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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ISBN:

9780821417591 (cloth : alk. paper)
0821417592 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780821417607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0821417606 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Note:

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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