Abstract
“Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way,” a sculpture outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem that celebrates the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Sacagawea leading the way, The work's simplified bas-relief form, so different from the three-dimensional literalism of classical statuary, is in keeping with the futuristic, streamlined, machineage character of the building's Art Deco style. It was built in the 1930s with New Deal help. Photo and description by Charles T. Goodsell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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