The Library of Congress: the art and architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building
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1997
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| Physical Description: | 320 S. zahlr. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0393045633 |
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| adam_text | 8 PREFACE
The Library of Congress Building—
A Continuing Inspiration
Arthur Ross
10 FOREWORD
James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
12 EDITORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
13 CONTRIBUTORS
15 THE ARCHITECT S
FOURTH DIMENSION
Daniel J. Boorstin
21 THE THOMAS JEFFERSON
BUILDING
Brendan Gilt
31 STRUGGLE FOR
A STRUCTURE
Ainsworth Rand Spofford and a New
Building for the Library of Congress
John Y. Cole
Spofford and the Idea of a National Library 34
Expansion within the Capitol Building 37
A Separate Library Building 40
Completion: A National Monument
for a National Library 55
65 SOUVENIRS OF THE
OPENING OF THE LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS BUILDING
73 THE THOMAS JEFFERSON
BUILDING AS
A WORKOF ART
Pierce Rice
79 HANDBOOK OF THE NEW
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Herbert Small
Editors Introduction 80
The Exterior ofthe Building 82
The Main Entrance Pavilion 84
The Main Entrance Doors 88
The Creat Hall 90
The North Corridor—Creat Hall 98
The Librarian s Room 100
The North Corridor and the Northwest Pavilion
102
The East Corridor—Creat Hall 103
The Lobbies of the Main Reading Room 104
The South Corridor—Creat Hall 108
The South Corridor 110
The Members of Congress Room 113
The Jefferson Congressional Reading Room 116
To the Visitors Gallery of the Main Reading
Room 118
The Main Reading Room 120
The Second Floor Corridors 138
The West Corridor 142
The North Corridor 145
The East Corridor 148
The South Corridor 150
The Decoration of the Corridor Walls 153
The Galleries and Pavilions 155
The Southwest Gallery 156
The Pavilion of the Discoverers 159
The Pavilion ofthe Elements 162
The Northwest Gallery 164
The Northwest Pavilion, the North Gallery,
and the Northeast Pavilion 166
The North Gallery Links the Northwest and
Northeast Pavilions 168
Other Rooms in the Building 170
173 THE DECORATORS
Henry Hope Reed
Edward Pearce Casey 178
Eimer Ellsworth Carnsey 183
Albert Weinert 184
Philip Martiny 188
Critical Assessment 190
193 PAINTED WORDS
Murais in the Library of Congress
Richard Murray
American Murais Prior to the Library
of Congress 196
Early Plans 198
Creatingthe Program 199
The Subjects 205
The Arts and the Sciences: Two Views
208
Contemporary Issues 216
Progress and Evolution 222
Critiques of the Mural Program
224
227 THE SCULPTURAL
PROGRAM FORTHE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Thomas P. Somma
General Casey and the Sculpture Committee
230
The Commissions 233
Completion and Placement of the Sculpture
238
Aesthetic Evaluation of the Program
246
253 RESTORATION AND
RENOVATION
Barbara Wolanin
275 APPENDIX
Schematic Diagram of the Thomas Jefferson
Building 276
Floor plan of the Thomas Jefferson Building 278
Architectural Features of the Thomas Jefferson
Building 279
Illustrated Clossary of Architectural and
Decorative Terms 288
Henry Hope Reed
Biographical Dictionary 296
Henry Hope Reed
Jefferson Building Chronology and Statistics 303
For Further Study and Reading 304
lohn Y. Cole
Endnotes 306
Index 314
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