1. What is the name of the statue on top of the Capitol building?

Statue of Freedom

2. Who vists the Capitol building and what activities happen in the building?

Tourists and members of Congress. Tours, confrences and meetings with members of congress.

3. Why is one hall called Emancipation Hall?

To honor slaves who worked to build the capitol.

4. Who is represented in the three statues and why?

Fredrick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Sacagawea.

5. Who is the American artist who designed the Freedom Statue?

Thomas Crawford

6. Tell me what you learned about the Freedom Statue? Is there any symbolism?

19.5 ft tall. Clothes are designed to match the style of the building. Sword and shield with a wreath might mean that we will fight to defend ourselves but offer peace

7. What is the crypt? What is it's purpose?

To the hold the ceiling and dome.

8. Did they have modern-day tools?

No

9. What does the star on the floor represent?

Center of Washington D.C.

10. How many statues are in the crypt? What do they resent?

13. The 13 colonies.

11.Where is the rotunda? What is it and what do they do in it?

Underneath the dome of the building. It is the cermonial center of the capitol. Show of art, honor anybody has made signficant contributions, and to serve funerals.

12. What is on the ceiling of the dome? What material is it made of/called?

Apotheosis of Washington. Fresco-painted onto the ceiling over wet plaster.

13. What is the square feet of the painting?

4664 sqft

14. Who is the artist?

Constantino Brumidi.

15. How far up did he have to go to paint it?

180 ft

16. What figure is in the center and who are they surrounded by?

George Washington. 13 women who represent the 13 colonies.

17. What are the six different themes around it?

War,science, marine, commerce, mechanics, and agriculture.

18. What do most of the artworks in the capital reflect?

The history of the country

19. What painting did John Trumble paint? Is it important?

Presentation of the Declaration of Independence. Yes, it is in textbooks and the 2 dollar bill

20. What kind of stories do the works of art tell?

major events of US history. Stories of America.

21. What is the name of the hall with all the statues?

Statuary Hall.

22. What do the plaques on the floor represent?

Old desk locations of key historical figures in US history.

23. Who decides what is placed in the hall and how many pieces can they send?

State legislatures. 2

24. What was the room before it held all the statues?

House chamber

25. What/Who did the state of Ohio send for the hall?

Thomas Edison

26. What year did the statues start to arrive to the hall?

1870s

27. What is the Capitol building the center of?

American government.

28. What story's does it tell us?

What it means to be a citizen of the US

29. Write your thoughts about what you have learned about the U. S. Capitol Building and any of your thoughts on the events that happened in it last week it.

I have been there before and it is amazing to be there. I remember seeing the painting of washington on the dome.

1. What three words would you use to best describe this Ted Talk?

Architecture's about emotions

2. What was your favorite moment in the Ted Talk?

The part about the libaries in two different parts of the country.

3. What is your least favorite?

I guess the part about brutalism and the 20 year period.

4. One paragraph answer-REALLY THINK about this! What did you learn from watching this Ted Talk? What are your overall thoughts?

I like the concept of gauging people's response to a potently building. That idea about a pendulum between inovation and symbolism is intresting to me because of one side at a time. He talks about how internet and media can combine those and speed up the process of designing and building that people want. I look foward to see how this might pan out and what designs are made reality.

5. How will this Ted Talk influence your Iconic Building?

I might look online and see what people like in buildings or what ideas/themes are popular.

6. How would you rate this Ted Talk on a scale of 1-5?

4