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Title: Neoclassical Architecture in Washington DC
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MSN TV
URL Source: http://community-2.webtv.net/westernmind/WASHINGTONDC/
Published: Feb 27, 2010
Author: MSN TV
Post Date: 2010-02-27 14:49:31 by Deasy
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Keywords: neopagan, hellenism, greek, roman
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According to the Library of Congress' online exhibit article on the conceiving and building of the Capitol Building, titled The Temple of Liberty, Thomas Jefferson was inspired by classical temple architecture for the pattern of the Capitol. A source of this was a print of the Pantheon in Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1779 book called "Les edifices antiques de Rome". The print, called Elevation de la face du Pantheon, a Rome was done by Antoine DesGodetz. Being classically educated and a son of the Enlghtenment, this is not surprising. Jefferson was well read regarding classical philosophers and cited them many times in his letters. A print in Robert Wood's 1753 book, The Ruins of Palmyra impressed Jefferson for the Capitol's new east portico design. The print was Wood's conception of the Temple of the Sun (small image below), which is the temple of Bel, known also as Ba'al, the Sky and Sun God and Father in the 'Trinity of the Sun God'. Iarbibol, with crown of sun, was the Messenger of the Sun, and Agribol was of the Moon. Woods made his print based on the archeological evidence suggesting what it looked like before it fell to ruins.
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