Report, Volume 12U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 |
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Página 7 - Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
Página 74 - You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.
Página 126 - Military merit, directs that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding.
Página 135 - Plans for no public building to be erected in the District of Columbia for the General Government shall be hereafter finally approved by the officer duly authorized until after such officer shall have submitted the plans to the Commission of Fine Arts created under the act of Congress of May 17, 1910, for Its comment and advice.
Página 139 - May 16, 1930, an act to regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semipublic buildings in certain areas of the National Capital.
Página 57 - Assuming that the high-level type of bridge is approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts, the next important phase of this new bridge project is the structural character of the bridge itself.
Página 135 - The foregoing provisions of this act shall not apply to the Capitol Building of the United States and the building of the Library of Congress. The Commission shall also advise generally upon questions of art when required to do so by the President, or by any committee of either House of Congress.
Página 135 - That a permanent Commission of Fine Arts is hereby created to be composed of seven well-qualified judges of the fine arts, who shall be appointed by the President, and shall serve for a period of four years each, and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Página 135 - Commission to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia, and upon the selection of models for statues, fountains, and monuments, erected under the authority of the United States and upon the selection of artists for the execution of the same.
Página 135 - It also advises upon location and design of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia...