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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     MacMonnies, Frederick William,     Casey, Edward Pearce,     Pelz, Paul J.,     Smithmeyer, John L.,     Smithmeyer & Pelz,     Jno. Williams, Inc.,     Figure group     Occupation -- Industry     Allegory -- Arts & Sciences     Mythology -- Classical     Mythology -- Classical     Animal -- Bird     Allegory -- Life     Object -- Other     Architecture -- Machine     Occupation -- Industry     Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington     Door     Sculpture

Library of Congress Doors: Printing, (sculpture). Artist:  MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937, sculptor. Casey, Edward Pearce, 1864-1940, architect. Pelz, Paul J., architect. Smithmeyer, John L., 1832-1908, architect. Smithmeyer & Pelz, architectural firm. Jno. Williams, Inc., founder. Title:  Library of Congress Doors: Printing, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Printing, (sculpture). Art of Printing, (sculpture). Dates:  1895-1898. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Doors: bronze. Dimensions:  Doors: approx. H. 14 ft. W. 7 1/2 ft. Inscription:  (On south leaf, left, below figure:) F. MacMonnies (Tympanum, in field left, above shoulder of Minerva:) ARS TYPOGRAPHICA (North leaf, lowest panel, on shield:) HUMA-/-NITAS (South leaf, lowest panel, on shield:) INTELL/ECTVS (Lunette facing main entrance hall, on shield:) HOMAGE/TO/GUTENBERG signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  One of three sets of double doors topped with a tympanum installed at the front entrance to the library. The significance of printing is represented in the reliefs that appear in the tympanum and on the middle set of double doors located at the front entrance. Both doors feature draped full-length female figures. One figure represents Intellect and the other represents the Humanities. The tympanum features Minerva with various products of the typographical arts, such as an inking ball, a printers stick, and a printing press. Also included in thet relief are the winged horse, Pegasus, representing Poetic Inspiration; a stork representing Filial Piety; and an hourglass. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Industry -- Printing Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Mythology -- Classical -- Pagasus Mythology -- Classical -- Minerva Animal -- Bird -- Stork Allegory -- Life -- Family Object -- Other -- Hourglass Architecture -- Machine -- Printing Press Occupation -- Industry -- Printing Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Door Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Capitol, Architect of the Capitol, Washington, District of Columbia Located Library of Congress, 10 1st Street, S.E., Main Building, front entrance, Washington, District of Columbia 20540 References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 72-73. Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 44-45. Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994. Smart, Mary, "A Flight with Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, pg. 295. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.25. Illustration:  Image on file. Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pl. 3. Related Works:  For model see: 88620122. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76007028   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007028 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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