Featuring 14 essays by prominent historians, architects, and leaders of some of Washington, DC’s most important institutions, this book explores the Mall’s origins and growth as well as the shifting political forces and cultural values that have shaped it.
emerged as an essential symbol of American national identity and an influential model
Stone model 1837, carved 1842 Hiram Powers Associated Names Hiram Powers Sculptor
National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search The Three Nymphs model
Imagine this diminutive sculpture of Diana the Huntress as a rotating, 18-foot-tall, gilded weathervane atop the tower of the newly built Madison Square Garden. In collaboration with his friend, architect Stanford White (the Garden’s architect), Saint-Gaudens originally designed the monumental Diana to reign over the New York skyline, a rival to Bartholdi’s Liberty in New York Harbor.
National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Diana of the Tower model
Eraser, Scale X Typewriter Eraser, Scale X Coosje van Bruggen, Claes Oldenburg model
Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Possibly Lady Georgiana Bingham model
Landscape National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Proserpine model
National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Alice Key Pendleton model
National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Amor Caritas model
We might be puzzled about the purpose of this monumental sculpture until we read its title. Before the invention of the delete key on the computer keyboard, the humble typewriter eraser allowed people to rub out mistakes on typing paper.
Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Typewriter Eraser, Scale X model
