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The Evolution of civilization, dome of rotunda / E.H. Blashfield, artist. – Antique Wall Art

The Evolution of civilization, dome of rotunda / E.H. Blashfield, artist., [between 1896 and 1900?] — historic photograph
The Evolution of civilization, dome of rotunda / E.H. Blashfield, artist., [between 1896 and 1900?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Blashfield's dome painting, *The Evolution of Civilization*, fills the ceiling of the Rotunda in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The mural presents the progress of human culture as a series of allegorical figures arranged beneath the dome, a fitting theme for a building meant to house the nation's knowledge. Blashfield was a leading muralist of the Gilded Age, and his work in the Jefferson Building reflects the era's taste for classical allegory and its faith in learning as a civilizing force. This photographic print records the design as it appeared around the building's opening, when the Rotunda was among the most ambitious decorative schemes in the country.

Created / published[between 1896 and 1900?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAllegories 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by E.H. Blashfield.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,281 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181245

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