1. Overview of Washington D.C. with the Lincoln
Memorial in the foreground, followed by the Washington Memorial
and the Capitol.
2. The Washington Memorial.
3. The Capitol.
4. The Jefferson Memorial.
5. The Lincoln Memorial.
6. Construction of the Lincoln
Memorial.
7. Statue of Washington as seated Zeus.
8. This low-relief of Apollo guiding his chariot
adorns the pedestal of the statue of Washington.
9. Statue of Lincoln.
10. Statue of the Contemplation of Justice in
front of the Supreme Court Building.
11.
Here on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands three
allegorical figures Victory, Peace and the American
Soldier.
12.
This high relief panel on the Municipal Center Building of the
District of Columbia makes use of Classical allegorical figures
Maia, Mercury Aesculapius, and Vesta.
13.
The statues of War and Peace stands in the niches of the U.S.
Capitol.
14.
The Acacia Griffens, the mythological figures guarding the gold
stored in Scythia, stand in front of the Mutual Life Insurance
Building.
15.
This relief of a Roman Guard stands in front of the National
Archives.
16.
This low-relief sculpture on the pedestal carrying the statue of
John Marshall depicts Victory leading America to the altar (on the
opposite side, not shown, the panel depicts Minerva dictating the
Constitution to America, who writes upon a scroll).
17.
This Department of Justice is adorned with a pair of pediments
entitled Ars Boni and Ars Aequi, "the Good of the State" and "the
Rights of Man".
18.
The Fountain of Columbus in front of Union Station.
19.
The Fountain depicts Columbus at the helm of a Greek
Trireme.
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20. The Fountain of Neptune in front of the
Library of Congress.
21. The Fountain of Neptune.
22. Two figures of Minerva adorn the piers leading
to the Great Hall. The Minerva of Peace holds a scroll and a
globe. The Minerva of War carries a falchion (short sword) and the
torch of learning.
23. A close up view of the Minerva of War atop the
piers.
24. The mosaic of Athena.
25. Barrel Vaulting.
26. Bronze Door on the Library of
Congress.
27. The allegorical figure of Commerce holds two
products associated with communication and trade, the steamboat
and a railroad steam engine.
28. Corinthian column capital.
29. A description of the various parts of a
Corinthian capital.
30. Ionic capital.
31. This painting entitled Literature depicts
Apollo on this occasion as the god of letters. He sits upon the
steps of an old Greek Temple surrounded by figures representing
aspects of literature.
32. Apollo is a frequent choice for murals because
of his association with art and music. Here, however, he stands in
his chariot in a mural depicting the four elements.
33. Calliope, the muse of epic poetry.
34. Hercules appears in this mural in women's
clothing, frustrated with spindle to the amusement of Omphale.
This scene captures a curiously unheroic moment in a myth
depicting one of Hercules' varying adventures.
35. This mural depicts Prometheus urging his
brother Epimethus not to take Pandora as his wife.
36. This figure of a woman in classical dress
holds the lyre sits as a part of a series of panels representing
the various genres of literature. Lyric Poetry, Tragedy, Comedy,
History, Love Poetry, Tradition, Fancy, and Romance.
37. The goddess Euphrosyne, a daughter of Zeus and
one of the three Graces in Greek mythology.
38. This Greek Vase and Statue of Nike are
incorporated into a mural entitled Art.
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