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Obama Amid the Pillars Of an Ancient Culture

 

Published 8/30/2008 by Philip Kennicott at Wash Post Elections

There is no more generic architectural statement in the United States than the Greek temple. White columns and classical proportions are the aesthetic DNA of our banks, libraries and office buildings, as well as almost every important structure in Washington, from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memor... (link)

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