Selected Bibliography: Art and Architecture of the U.S. Capitol

Washington and the U.S. Capitol

Allen, William C. The Dome of the United States Capitol: An Architectural History. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1992.

Allen, William C. "In the Greatest Solemn Dignity": The Capitol's Four Cornerstones. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1995.

Allen, William C. The United States Capitol: A Brief Architectural History. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990.

Architect of the Capitol. Art in the United States Capitol. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1978.

Brown, Glenn. History of the United States Capitol. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900-1903, 2 vols.

Cosentino, Andrew J. and Henry H. Glassie. The Capital Image: Painters in Washington, 1800-1915. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983.

Documentary History of the Construction and Development of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904.

Fairman, Charles E. Art and Artists of the Capitol of the United States of America. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1927.

Frary, I. T. They Built the Capitol. Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massie, 1940.

Goode, James M. The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.

Green, Constance. Washington, Village and Capital and Washington, Capital City, 2 vols. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1962, 2 vols.

Hazelton, George C. The National Capitol. New York: J.F. Taylor, 1903.

Holzer, Harold and Joseph Farber. "Sculpture of the United States Capitol." Antiques CXVI, July 1979, pp. 146-59.

Kerwood, John R. The United States Capitol: An Annotated Bibliography. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973.

Lowry, Bates. Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for the American Democracy, 1789-1912. Washington: National Building Museum, 1985.

Murdock, Myrtle. Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol. Washington: Monumental Press, 1950.

100th Congress. The Capitol, ninth edition. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1988.

United States Capitol Historical Society. Washington Past and Present. Washington: United States Capitol Historical Society, 1987.

United States Capitol Historical Society. We, the People: The Story of the United States Capitol. Washington: United States Capitol Historical Society, 1991.

Wolanin, Barbara. Constantino Brumidi: Artist of the Capitol. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1998.

American Art and Architecture (including discussions of the Capitol and the artists represented in its collection)

Andrews, Wayne. Architecture, Ambition and Americans. New York: Harper, 1964.

Brown, Milton W. American Art to 1900. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977.

Craven, Wayne. Sculpture in America. New York: T.Y. Crowell, 1968.

Fitch, James M. American Building: The Forces that Shaped It. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1964.

McLanathan, Richard. The American Tradition in the Arts. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.

Novak, Barbara. American Painting of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Praeger, 1969.

See files in the Office of the Curator, Architect of the Capitol, for information on artists and architects, works of art in the Capitol, individual room histories, and specialized topics.

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