9 THE CAPITOL DOME
SPRING 2014
Fig. 10A. (above) Constan no Brumidi, The Judgment of Paris, 1845, theater of the Villa Torlonia. PHOTOGRAPH BY AUTHOR
Fig. 10B. (below) Constan no Brumidi (executed by Camillo Bisco), lune e with classical architecture and bronze vessels,
1858, S-127, U.S. Capitol. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Figs. 10A-10B. Brumidi's design for the lune es for the Capitol were directly inspired by Pompeiian murals and resemble
lune es that he painted in the theater of the Villa Torlonia in Rome.
Fig. 11A. (le ) Constan no Brumidi, detail of
illusionis c columns and vase, c. 1844, theater of
the Villa Torlonia, Rome. PHOTOGRAPH BY AUTHOR
Fig. 11B. (right) Constantino Brumidi, detail of
illusionis c column, 1857, S-127, U.S. Capitol.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Figs. 11A-11B. Similar mo fs, such as leafy golden
columns, can be found in his murals in Rome and
in the Capitol.
