POST #6

THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL BUILDING
Locate the list of relief portraits surrounding the walls of the House Chamber. Look more closely at a few that interest you. Comment on why you think these images were chosen and what it says about our country that they were. Find two or three other examples of art or architecture that inspire democracy. Share pictures of them and explain your choices.

List of Relief Portraits:

• George Mason
• Robert Joseph Pothier
• Jean Baptiste Colbert
• Edward I
• Alfonso X
• Pope Gregory IX
• Saint Louis
• Justinian I
• Tribonian
• Lycurgus of Sparta
• Hammurabi
• Moses
• Solon
• Papinian
• Gaius
• Maimonides
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• Pope Innocent III
• Simon de Montfort
• Hugo Grotius
• William Blackstone
• Napoleon I
• Thomas Jefferson

The Relief Portraits that surround the walls of the House Chamber are all of people who have contributed a mass amount. The portraits are of famous lawmakers and lawgivers throughout history. Of the 23 Relief Portraits surrounding the walls of the House Chamber, one is of Thoma Jefferson. These portraits who that these people have contributed a lot to establishing American laws and principles. There are 11 portraits on the right, and 11 portraits on the left, all facing towards the middle, to Moses. Each portrait is made of marble was installed around 1949-1950.