Paris on the Potomac : 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.
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
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| Physical Description: | ix, 164 p. :; ill., maps. |
| Notes: | Essays originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002. |
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Table of 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.