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Title Paris on the Potomac [electronic resource] : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C. / compiled and edited by Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay and Thomas P. Somma.

Imprint Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2007.

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Description ix, 164 p. : ill., maps.
Series Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
Note Essays originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The French connection in Washington, D.C. : context and issues / Isabelle Gournay -- Remembering Paris : the Jefferson-Latrobe collaboration at the Capitol / William C. Allen -- "The son by the side of the father" : David d'Angers's busts of Washington and Lafayette in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol / Thomas P. Somma -- Private homes, public lives : francophilia among government officers and the Washington elite / Liana Paredes -- Interpreting the influence of Paris on the planning of Washington, D.C., 1870-1930 / Cynthia R. Field -- Appendix : architects and the French connection in Washington, D.C / Isabelle Gournay.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- French influences -- Congresses.
City planning -- Washington (D.C.) -- French influences -- Congresses.
Public art -- Washington (D.C.) -- Congresses.
Paris (France) -- Civilization -- Congresses.
Washington (D.C.) -- Civilization -- Congresses.
Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Field, Cynthia R.
Gournay, Isabelle.
Somma, Thomas P.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780821417591 (cloth : alk. paper)
0821417592 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780821417607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0821417606 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780821442395 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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