Art & empire : the politics of ethnicity in the United States Capitol, 1815-1860

Author

Fryd, Vivien Green

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill.; bibliogr.; index ; x, 273 p. ; 1992

ISBN

0300051573

Publisher

Yale University Press, New Haven (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Examines the iconography of the sculptural and painted decorations of the Capitol, Washington, DC, executed 1815-1860, in the context of 19th c. American imperialism. Considers the treatment of this theme in the works of Horatio Greenough, Luigi Persico, Thomas Crawford, Randolph Rogers and Emanuel Leutze, and pays particular attention to attitudes towards Native and African Americans revealed in the art commissioned for the Capitol.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• United States Capitol||Washington, DC (USA)
• Painting
• Relief sculpture
• Sculpture
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Imperialism
• Iconography
• Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852
• Persico, E. Luigi, 1791-1860
• Crawford, Thomas, 1814-1857
• Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892
• Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb, 1816-1868
• Indians of North America
• African Americans
• Decoration

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• United States Capitol||Washington, DC (USA)
• Peinture
• Relief
• Sculpture
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Impérialisme
• Iconographie
• Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852
• Persico, E. Luigi, 1791-1860
• Crawford, Thomas, 1814-1857
• Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892
• Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb, 1816-1868
• Indiens d'Amérique du Nord
• Afro-Américains
• Décor

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00433574

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