Amazing doors Collection Week II, Part X

Happy Friday !!!!!!!!!!!!

 So... we have concluded our second week of world amazing doors !!!!

These are The Columbus Doors at the U.S. Capitol. 

Little bit of history :

 The Columbus Doors at the east entrance of the Rotunda are an imposing welcome to the heart of the gallery of national myths. Standing nearly 17 feet tall, and weighing 20,000 pounds, Randolph Roger's alto-relief bronze doors make a powerful statement about not only their subject, Christopher Columbus, but the importance of Columbus to the national consciousness. 

Rogers, born in Waterloo, NY in 1825, studied sculpture in Rome and, through his acquaintance with Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs, Superintendent of the Capitol Extensions, received the commission for the rotunda doors in 1855. It was approved and Rogers traveled to Rome to complete the models.

Rogers' design owes much to Ghiberti: the portrait busts of the historians; the allegorical figures of Asia, Africa, Europe and America; the dramatic and heroic representation of the subject matter. Beginning at the bottom left panel and moving clockwise, the narrative and symbolism of Columbus' life as expressed in these doors provide a basis for a basic American myth and a framework for American self-conception.

Anyway, my friends, I hope you´ve enjoyed our doors collection, the most fascinating of our world, I still believe all of them need a different mansion to be placed on, because they all have a diffent theme, LOL I am sorry though, for the in-game pics I´ve been missing the last week, cos´ I didn´t have the enough time to play but I did test them all to see they work perfectly...!!!!

Have a lovely and sweet weekend my fellow simmies !!!!

Lots of LOVE !!!!

AnniQ

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