Mural decorations for the Library of Congress

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Mural decorations for the Library of Congress are a series of allegorical wall and ceiling paintings by American artist John White Alexander, created to adorn and enhance the Beaux-Arts interiors of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.

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Mural decorations for the Library of Congress canonical 1

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instanceOf allegorical painting series ⓘ
mural cycle ⓘ
appliesToPart ceilings of the Thomas Jefferson Building ⓘ
walls of the Thomas Jefferson Building ⓘ
architecturalStyleContext Beaux-Arts ⓘ
associatedWith American Gilded Age culture ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
commissionedBy Library of Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator John White Alexander ⓘ
depicts abstract concepts ⓘ
allegorical figures ⓘ
genre allegorical painting ⓘ
hasLanguage visual art ⓘ
hasPart ceiling paintings ⓘ
wall paintings ⓘ
heritageDesignationContext historic interior decoration ⓘ
inception 1890s ⓘ
location Library of Congress ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson Building ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
movement American muralism ⓘ
partOf interior decoration of the Library of Congress ⓘ
significantArtist John White Alexander ⓘ
use architectural decoration ⓘ

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John White Alexander → notableWork → Mural decorations for the Library of Congress ⓘ