United States Capitol art collection

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The United States Capitol art collection is an extensive assemblage of paintings, sculptures, and decorative works that visually narrate American history, government, and ideals throughout the Capitol building.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collection ⓘ
public art collection ⓘ
collectionIncludes busts ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
murals ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
collectionScope American government ⓘ
American history ⓘ
American ideals ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
displayedIn Capitol Rotunda ⓘ
Capitol Visitor Center ⓘ
Capitol committee rooms ⓘ
Capitol corridors ⓘ
Capitol stairways ⓘ
House wing of the United States Capitol ⓘ
National Statuary Hall ⓘ
Senate wing of the United States Capitol ⓘ
featuresWorkBy Constantino Brumidi ⓘ
Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Horatio Greenough ⓘ
John Trumbull ⓘ
Lorado Taft ⓘ
Thomas Crawford ⓘ
Vinnie Ream ⓘ
governedBy guidelines of the Joint Committee on the Library ⓘ
hasPart Brumidi Corridors murals ⓘ
Capitol Grounds sculpture ⓘ
Capitol Rotunda paintings ⓘ
Capitol Visitor Center art ⓘ
Frieze of American History ⓘ
Hall of Columns sculpture collection ⓘ
linked to: Hall of Columns

National Statuary Hall Collection ⓘ
Vice Presidential Bust Collection ⓘ
includesDepictionOf Founding Fathers of the United States ⓘ
United States presidents ⓘ
allegorical figures of liberty and justice ⓘ
major events in American history ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
maintainedBy Architect of the Capitol ⓘ
overseenBy Joint Committee on the Library ⓘ
primaryFunction symbolic representation of American democracy ⓘ
visual narration of United States history ⓘ
publicAccess viewable by visitors to the United States Capitol ⓘ
selectionProcessInvolves congressional commissions ⓘ
donations ⓘ
state legislative designations ⓘ

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Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace → subjectOf → United States Capitol art collection ⓘ
United States Capitol art collection → hasPart → Capitol Rotunda paintings ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
United States Capitol art collection → hasPart → Frieze of American History ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
Joint Committee on the Library → hasJurisdictionOver → National Statuary Hall Collection ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
Brumidi Corridors murals → partOf → United States Capitol art collection ⓘ
Larkin Goldsmith Mead → associatedWith → National Statuary Hall Collection ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
Constantino Brumidi → notableFor → Apotheosis of Washington in the Capitol Rotunda ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
Vinnie Ream → partOf → National Statuary Hall Collection (through her works) ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
Arthur Middleton (statue, National Statuary Hall Collection) → collection → National Statuary Hall Collection ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection
Arthur Middleton (statue, National Statuary Hall Collection) → partOf → art collection of the United States Capitol ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol art collection