Fig. 1A. Detail of carved relief with swan and rinceaux on the Ara Pacis, Rome.
[credit] Photograph by author
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THE CAPITOL DOME
SPRING 2014
Fig. 12A. (le ) Constan no Brumidi,
illusionis c relief of genius figure,
c. 1844, theater of the Villa
Torlonia, Rome.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AUTHOR
Fig. 12B. (right) Constan no Bru-
midi, genius figure carrying basket of
flowers, Brumidi Corridor, U.S.
Capitol. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Figs. 12A-12B. Brumidi's repertory of
classical images and elements was
integral to his designs for murals in
the Capitol.
Fig. 13A. Constan no Brumidi, ceiling
painted to look like carved stone,
c. 1844, theater of the Villa Torlonia,
Rome. PHOTOGRAPH BY AUTHOR
Fig. 13B. Constan no Brumidi, ceiling
painted to look like carved stone,
c. 1859, Trophy Room, Brumidi
Corridors, U.S. Capitol.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Figs. 13A-13B. Brumidi brought to the
Capitol his skill in pain ng flat walls
to look like richly coffered and carved
stone.
