print email comment close Birds of the Brumidi Corridors: "To Make Beautiful the Capitol" URL: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/birds/introduction.htm Description: This exhibit features sample images from "Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880) [who] included designs for more than 350 individual birds of at least 100 species in the Senate corridors that today bear his name. This finely rendered aviary is part of a sophisticated decorative scheme inspired by early 15th-century Renaissance frescoes in the Vatican Palace." Find images of game birds, land birds, birds of prey, wetland birds, and more. From the United States Senate. Publisher: United States Senate LII Database Information: Record 22940 created by Jennifer English on 11/21/2006 Last modification on 08/19/2008 Published: 08/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22940