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The Library of Congress: The Art and Architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building First Edition
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A handsomely illustrated tribute to the Library of Congress building, published to coincide with its one hundredth anniversary.
Arguably the most beautifully decorated building in the United States, the Library of Congress building (recently renamed the Jefferson Building) is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary this year after an eighty million dollar restoration that returned it to its original state. Designed by John L. Smithmeyer and completed in 1897 at a cost of under seven million dollars, the building is enhanced by the art of over forty sculptors and painters whose ranks include such notables as Herbert Adams, Kenyon Cox, Edward Clark Potter, Louis Saint-Gaudens, and John Quincy Adams Ward. The planning and construction are detailed in John Y. Cole's essay, followed by discussions by Henry Hope Reed, Richard Murray, and Thomas P. Somma of the decorations, paintings, and sculptures. The volume concludes with a study of the restoration by Barbara Wolanin, a chronology, a glossary of architectural and decorative terms, and a biographical dictionary of all the artists, architects, and designers who worked on the building. Throughout, noted photographer Anne Day's color images enhance this splendid book. 150 color and 50 b&w photographs and drawings; foldout diagram-
ISBN-100393045633
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ISBN-13978-0393045635
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EditionFirst Edition
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PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
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Publication dateJanuary 17, 1998
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LanguageEnglish
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Dimensions9.4 x 1.2 x 12.3 inches
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Print length320 pages
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Henry Hope Reed is founder and president of Classical America and is the author of numerous books, including The Golden City and The New York Public Library. He lives in New York City.
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- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition (January 17, 1998)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0393045633
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393045635
- Item Weight : 3.97 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.4 x 1.2 x 12.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #982,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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the book is very expensive; yet, it is not like the large-format art books it purports to be: it is a tract about the restoration of the jefferson building, not a book ABOUT the jefferson building. much detail, little overall or general inclusions: sections of rooms, murals, carvings, floors, moulding, but not gorgeous pictures of the whole; the whole is definitely NOT greater than the sum of the parts.
ah, well, as my gran used to say, "great expectations lead to great disappointments." she was always right!