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[Library of Congress (Congressional Library Building") D.C. Interior marble arches and columns]", ADE - UNIT 2446, no. 9 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) — historic drawing
[Library of Congress (Congressional Library Building") D.C. Interior marble arches and columns]", ADE - UNIT 2446, no. 9 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items). Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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Few interiors in Washington show marble as lavishly as the Congressional Library Building, now called the Jefferson Building, which opened to readers in 1897 after years of construction. This design drawing focuses on the arches and columns of its interior, the classical vocabulary that gave its halls and reading rooms their sense of grandeur. The building was designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz, and its ornamented spaces were meant to show the young republic's ambition to rival the great cultural capitals of Europe. Studying the drawing reveals how the architects worked out proportion and detail long before any stone was set.

Created / publishedADE - UNIT 2446, no. 9 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Medium2002711915
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan783 × 1,330 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176823

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