American Pantheon: Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol

Contributor(s): Kennon, Donald R (Author), Somma, Thomas P (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9780821414439

Publisher: Ohio University Press

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Paperback

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Pub Date: July 4, 2004

Dewey: 725.1109753

LCCN: 2003022674

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.86" H x 9.94" L x 7.02" W ( 1.33 lbs) 368 pages

BISAC Categories:

Art | American | Architecture | History | General

Series: Perspective on Art & Architect

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Like the ancient Roman Pantheon, the U.S. Capitol was designed by its political and aesthetic arbiters to memorialize the virtues, events, and persons most representative of the nation's ideals--an attempt to raise a particular version of the nation's founding to the level of myth.