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| Keywords: History-Dielman-Highsmith.jpeg History mosaic by Frederick Dielman House Members Room Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building Washington D C The figure of History in the mosaic's center holds a pen and book On both sides of her there are tablets mounted in a marble wall with benches on either side of the tablets The tablets contain the names of great historians One tablet contains the names of the ancient historians Herodotus and Thucydides in brighter gold followed by Polybius Livy Tacitus Bæda Comines The other tablet contains the name of the modern historians Hume and Gibbon in brighter gold along with Niebuhr Guizot Ranke and the Americans Bancroft and Motley At the foot of one of the tablets is a laurel wreath symbolizing peace and at the foot of the second tablet is an oak wreath symbolizing war A palm branch designating success rests against the wreaths and tablets The female figure on one side of History is Mythology As the symbol of the theories of the universe she holds a globe of the earth in her left hand The Greeks' female sphinx to her right represents the eternally insoluble Riddle of the World Tradition the aged woman seated on the other side of History represents medieval legend and folk tales She is shown in the midst of relating her old wives' tales to the young boy seated before her The distaff in her lap the youth with a harp in his hand a reference to the wandering minstrel of the Middle Ages and the shield are reminders of a past age The mosaic includes ancient buildings from the three nations of antiquity with highly developed histories an Egyptian pyramid a Greek temple and a Roman amphitheater Along with the mosaic panel representing Law above the north fireplace this mosaic was prepared in Venice Italy and sent to the Jefferson Building to be put into place Both mosaics were made of pieces or tesserae which were fitted together to provide subtle gradations in color Much of the preceding text is derived from the http //www loc gov/jefftour/cm/cm-mos-s html Library of Congress's virtual tour of the Thomas Jefferson Building Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division LC-DIG-highsm-02058 original digital file http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/02000/02058u tif uncompressed archival TIFF version 103 MiB cropped and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2 6 6 image quality 88 1896 Artist is Frederick Dielman 1847 “1935 Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith 1946 “ who explicitly http //www loc gov/rr/print/res/482_high html placed the photograph in the public domain No known restriction on publication LOC-image highsm 02058 PD-old PD-Highsmith Mosaics in the Thomas Jefferson Building Personifications of history Personifications of mythology Personifications of tradition Mosaics of women Laurel wreaths in art Oak wreaths in art Frederick Dielman Distaffs Ancient Egypt in art Allegories of Egypt Herodotus | ||||
