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02776aam a2200445 i 4500 001 E82D7BA4B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 190414t20202020dcuab b 001 0beng c 010 $a 2019015524 020 $a 1944466290 020 $a 9781944466299 035 $a (OCoLC)1090750363 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OQX $d TOH $d VLW $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-dc 050 00 $a NB237.G8 $b R36 2020 082 00 $a 730.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Rand, Harry, $e author. 245 10 $a Horatio Greenough and the form majestic : $b the biography of the nation's first Washington Monument / $c Harry Rand. 264 1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b Smithsonian Scholarly Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xii, 253 pages ; $c 29 cm. 490 1 $a A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-244) and index. 505 0 $a The beginning -- Congress decides -- Greenough prepares: sketches and Congressional approval -- The statue's place -- The statue journeys home -- The statue arrives home -- A graceless exit -- Reality becomes legend then myth -- The death of Horatio Greenough -- The pedestal and base. 520 $a "Horatio Greenough and the Form Majestic concerns the discussions, planning, commissioning, and execution of the earliest federal monument--a memorial for George Washington. It was to perch above his tomb at the heart of the U.S. Capitol and thus provide a moral compass for the continent, a hub toward which all eyes would turn for guidance from his great example of self-abnegation and leadership. For this task a bright, young, handsome, talented artist was chosen. However, the intended national icon eventually devolved into a mere curiosity. This book narrates the monument's journey from its hallowed site at the center of the US Capitol's dome, to a distant park, to a handful of other locations, and finally to the Smithsonian Institution"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Greenough, Horatio, $d 1805-1852. $t George Washington. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799 $v Art. 650 0 $a Sculpture, American $z Washington (D.C.) $y 19th century. 600 17 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00178100 650 7 $a Sculpture, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01109531 651 7 $a Washington (D.C.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204505 650 7 $a ART / Sculpture. $2 bisacsh 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Art. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423702 830 0 $a Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724074449.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317024159.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E82D7BA4B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search