ID: 700000192 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000192	Record Type: Built Work

West Building (museum (building); West Building, John Russell Pope (American architect, 1874-1...; West Building 1941, East Build...)

Note: Complex comprising two buildings, the East Building and the West Building, and an underground passageway connecting the two. The West Building is constructed of pink Tennessee marble, designed in 1937 by John Russell Pope in a Neoclassical style. The footprint is in the form of an elongated H, the building centered on a domed rotunda modeled on the interior of the Pantheon in Rome. Extending east and west from the rotunda, a pair of high, skylit sculpture halls provide its main circulation spine. Bright garden courts provide a counterpoint to the long main axis of the building. The West Building houses an extensive collection of paintings and sculptures by European masters from the medieval period through the late 19th century, as well as pre-20th century works by American artists. Located in: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Titles:

West Building (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)

West Building, National Gallery of Art (C,U,English-P,U,N)

West Wing, National Gallery (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

museum (building) [300005768] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: West Building 1941, East Building 1978

Creator Display:

West Building, John Russell Pope (American architect, 1874-1937); East Building I. M. Pei (American architect, born 1917 in China) [preferred,VP]

John Russell Pope (American architect, 1874-1937) [,VP]

Pope, John Russell (1874-1937), American, architect [,BWR]

architect Pope, John Russell (American architect, 1874-1937) [500126218]

architect Pei, I. M. (American architect, 1917-2019, born in China) [500029268]

occupant National Gallery of Art (American art museum, Washington, DC, established 1937) [500115983]

Locations:

Washington [7013962] DC (national district), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets

Display Materials: limestone, stone cladding

	limestone [300011286]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock)

	siding (material) [300014861]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, finishing (building material))

	Tennessee Pink marble [300011522]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, pink marble)

	domed [300187629]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes)

Dimensions: site is 3500 feet (1400 m) in length

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	collecting [300077121]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by general context>, information handling functions, collections management functions) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

............... National Gallery of Art

Sources and Contributors:
West Building	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Hunt, Encyclopedia of American Architecture, 2d ed., (1995)
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
West Building, National Gallery of Art	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Hunt, Encyclopedia of American Architecture, 2d ed., (1995)
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3781292
West Wing, National Gallery	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3781292

....................... BWR-03 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3781292

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 49644

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U117540

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
	..... BWR database (2010-)