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The Indiana State Library and Historical Building, constructed in 1934, is an outstanding example of stripped classicism and Art Deco. The ornament on both the exterior and interior of the limestone structure portray the regional story of the development of Indiana. The monumental building is the most well‐known work by Indianapolis architectural firm Pierre and Wright. Little has been written on the Indiana State Library and Historical Building and a comprehensive architectural history has never before been compiled on this remarkable building. The subject of research pertains to the original building only. Investigation examines the architectural competition for the design, the construction process, the numerous carvings, large stained glass windows, and four murals, and the symbolism in the ornament of the Indiana State Library and Historical Building. Through research at the Indiana State Library and the Indiana State Archives and using both primary and secondary resources, the motivation for much of the ornament was discovered. Additionally, long forgotten details and symbolism were recovered. This research provides insight into the narrative as told by the architecture and ornament of the building. It may assist in the research on the 1976 addition and the 2002 renovation that has yet to be completed. Furthermore, it will likely aid in future renovations and restorations of the building. / Introduction -- Methodology -- Literature review -- A brief history -- The competition -- The architects -- Construction -- Materials -- Architectural style -- Exterior sculpture -- Leon Hermant sculptures -- Interior material -- Interior features and symbols -- Stained glass windows -- Murals -- J. Scott Williams, artist -- Conclusion. / Department of Architecture

Orientador: Edgar Salvadori De Decca / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T16:23:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodrigues_AnaAparecidaVillanueva_D.pdf: 43032794 bytes, checksum: fe63c34e1c5fd9f350e99c6956055490 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Esta tese é sobre a linguagem arquitetônica da fachada principal e o retábulo-mor da Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Campinas a partir da apuração dos processos de levantamento métrico e do seu desenho instrumental da época de sua constituição, fornecendo assim uma reconstituição da sua orientação clássica, estudando-a como fonte e documento histórico, através do seu testemunho material, tornando assim, a Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Campinas, um objeto paradigmático da arquitetura clássica da cidade dentro de um contexto brasileiro. Esta tese demonstra, portanto, como a Catedral de Campinas foi projetada dentro de preceptivas clássicas com diversas autorias, períodos e vertentes teóricas, tendo como resultado um todo único, híbrido, erudito, recriativo, exemplar, contrariando a historiografia vigente de que a arquitetura do século XIX no Brasil é uma "cópia de modelos importados" / Abstract: The present thesis studies the architecture language of the main façade and the main retable of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Cathedral, in the city of Campinas. Starting from the compilation of metric survey processes, as well as instrumental drawings pertaining to the formation period, this work provides a reconstitution of the classical tendency of such building, investigating it as a historical source and document through its material testimony, rendering the Cathedral into a paradigm of the city classical architecture within a Brazilian context. The present thesis demonstrates therefore how the Cathedral of Campinas has been designed within classical precepts, by different authors, under different periods and theoretical trends, resulting in a unique, hybrid, scholarly, re-creative, exemplary whole, and contradicting the current historiography, which considers the XIX century architecture in Brazil as a "copy of imported standards" / Doutorado / Politica, Memoria e Cidade / Doutor em História