Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Monument to Peter Charles L'Enfant
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Monument to Peter [i.e. Pierre] Charles L'Enfant. February 4, 1897. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and Ordered to be Printed
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Author: Grand Avenues
Author: Scott W. BergPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400076226
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding nature also made him many powerful enemies. After eleven months, Washington reluctantly dismissed L’Enfant from the project. Subsequently, the plan for the city was published under another name, and L’Enfant died long before it was rightfully attributed to him. Filled with incredible characters and passionate human drama, Scott W. Berg’s deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy.
The Life Of Pierre Charles L'enfant
Author: H. Paul CaemmererPublisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Memorials
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Peter Charles L'Enfant
Author: Kenneth R. BowlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Monument Wars
Author: Kirk SavagePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271335
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Traces the history of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., discussing its plan and structures, and considering how the concept of memorials and memorial space has changed since the nineteenth century.
The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition
Author: Sally WebsterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351542028
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The commemorative tradition in early American art is given sustained consideration for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a coherent early history of the carved symbolic language of American liberty and independence. Establishing as the basis of her discussion the fledgling nation's first monument, Jean-Jacques Caffi?'s Monument to General Richard Montgomery (commissioned in January of 1776), Webster builds on the themes of commemoration and national patrimony, ultimately positing that like its instruments of government, America drew from the Enlightenment and its reverence for the classical past. Webster's study is grounded in the political and social worlds of New York City, moving chronologically from the 1760s to the 1790s, with a concluding chapter considering the monument, which lies just east of Ground Zero, against the backdrop of 9/11. It is an original contribution to historical scholarship in fields ranging from early American art, sculpture, New York history, and the Revolutionary era. A chapter is devoted to the exceptional role of Benjamin Franklin in the commissioning and design of the monument. Webster's study provides a new focus on New York City as the 18th-century city in which the European tradition of public commemoration was reconstituted as monuments to liberty's heroes.
Memorial to Maj, Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Old Washington, D.C. in Early Photographs, 1846-1932
Author: Robert ReedPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486138542
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
224 rare photos: Lincoln's inauguration, Ford's Theater in 1865, Frederick Douglass, Women's Suffrage Parade, Georgetown in 1893, more. Stunning views by Brady, Bishop, Peale, others. Pre-Civil War to modern era.