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The Library of Congress: An Architectural Alphabet

The Library of Congress: An Architectural Alphabet. Foreword by James H. Billington. Introduction by C. Ford Peatross. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2000. ISBN 0-7649-1262-3. $17.95.

The Library of Congress: An Architectural Alphabet is a creative introduction, from "Arch" to "Zigzag," to the art and architecture of the Library's magnificent Thomas Jefferson Building.

More than 40 American sculptors and painters contributed works of art to the Jefferson Building, which was hailed as America's "Temple of Art" when it opened in 1897. The book presents an illustrated tour of the art, architecture, and sculpture, exploring the unusual architectural details--egg and dart molding, helixes, jambs, pilasters, quoins, spandrels, tripods, vaults, and printer's marks. The photographs are paired with antique letters from the Library's collections, providing an extraordinary visual tour of a great national institution.

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