America Fostering the Arts and Industries and Atlantes, (sculpture).

America Fostering the Arts and Industries and Atlantes, (sculpture).

Boyd, William, 1882-1947, sculptor.

Casey, Edward Pearce, 1864-1940, architect.

Smithmeyer & Pelz, architectural firm.

America Fostering the Arts and Industries and Atlantes, (sculpture).

Digital Reference:

Male columns: H. 6 ft.

Two rounded pediments supported by columns of half-figure males (Atlantes). "The left pediment contains an American eagle with wings outstretched behind two putti.... The left child sits with a globe at his feet and holds an open book atop two other volumes. He is symbolic of Industries. The putto on the right side, Arts, sits adjacent to a painter's palette and brushes and an Ionic capital, which are representative, respectively, of Painting and Architecture. The right pediment, ...also has the American eagle with a putto on each side. The left figure, Industries, sits beside a cogwheel and anvil, symbolic of Commerce. The right figure, Arts, sits beside a harp with an open book...to symbolize Music and Literature."

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Architecture

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature

Allegory -- Other -- Trade

Mythology -- Classical

Religion -- Angel

Object -- Art Tool -- Palette

Object -- Art Tool -- Artist's Brush

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Library of Congress, 10 1st Street, S.E., Main Building, main pavilion, Washington, District of Columbia 20540

Smithmeyer & Pelz were the original architects of the Library of Congress building, Casey was the architect of the building after them.

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.

Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.28.

Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, A-25.

Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.28.

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