Constantino Brumidi

Artist of the Capitol

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Table of Contents

Front Cover: View of the Capitol Rotunda (2.7MB)

Title Page (68K)

The Apotheosis of Washington (2.7MB)

Constantino Brumidi -- Photograph, c. 1866 (136K)

Page iv (68K)

Introduction (68K)

Foreword (68K)

Preface (68K)

Key to Abbreviations in Notes (68K)

Chapter

1. C. Brumidi Artist Citizen of the U.S. (4.1MB)

2. The Italian Years (7.1MB)

3. Brumidi's Painting Techniques (4.5MB)

4. The Capitol Extensions and New Dome (3.9MB)

5. Getting Established in the New World (8.5MB)

6. Decorating the Capitol in the Pompeian Style (6MB)

7. Art and Politics (3.1MB)

8. "Gems of the Capitol" (7.6MB)

9. Painting The Apotheosis of Washington (13.6MB)

10. Symbolism in the Rotunda (4.5MB)

11. Brumidi's Last Works (11MB)

12. The Death of "the Genius of the Capitol" (2.5MB)

13. A Conservator's Perspective (2.9MB)

14. Conserving the Rotunda Frescoes (5MB)

15. The Process of Change in the Brumidi Corridors (4.3MB)

Appendices

A. Brumidi's First Fresco (204k)

B. Brumidi's Assistants and Fellow Painters (68k)

C. List of Known Works by Constantino Brumidi (136k)

Chronology (136k)

Bibliography (204k)

Index (136k)

Back Cover: Brumidi cherubs (4.4MB)

Commendation to the Curator of the Capitol, Barbara Wolanin (68k)







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