---

Contents. List of Illustrations (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers]clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.) (etext transcriber's note)

{i} 

CONSTANTINO BRUMIDI

MICHELANGELO

OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

{ii} 

{iii} 

CONSTANTINO
BRUMIDI

MICHELANGELO OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

By Myrtle Cheney Murdock

{iv}

---

Monumental Press, Inc.
WASHINGTON · 1950


PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

{v}COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY MYRTLE CHENEY MURDOCK, WASHINGTON, D. C.


TO MY SON

LT. DAVID N. MURDOCK



Musician, Athlete, Infantryman
killed in action at Palermo, Italy
August 11, 1943

{vi} 

{vii} 

Preface

IT SHOULD be made clear by way of an introduction to this appraisal ofConstantino Brumidi that the author is neither an artist nor an artcritic. I am simply the wife of a Western Congressman who has beenstirred by the patriotism of the Italian refugee-artist, Brumidi; by hisexquisite decorations on the walls and ceilings of our Capitol Buildingof the United States; by his persistent effort in the face of blindingcriticism; and finally by the lack, of recognition characterized by hisunmarked burial place.

I have asked myself these questions many times: “How can countlessexq

BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!

Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!