https://mallhistory.org/files/original/e01cd27b6582c0de7606a2e1fa7f4713.JPG 1cd4820aee41e428dfb46356f8b5cde2 Place Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Statues and Sculpture Ghost Sites Physical Description Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall. The statue shows Columbus with a globe in his raised right hand. Just to his right is a cowering American Indian woman. The statue stood to one side of the staircase to the eastern entrance to the Capitol, on the left side as one faced the building. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Discovery of America Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Luigi Persico Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1844 (installed) 1958 (removed) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1830-1859 1950-1979 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wikimedia Commons. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Discovery-statue.JPG">View original</a>. Description An account of the resource In 1837, the President and Congress commissioned Italian-born artist Luigi Persico to create a sculpture depicting Christopher Columbus to be one of a pair of artworks flanking the staircase on the eastern entrance to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">Capitol</a>. When it was installed in 1844, some politicians and art critics applauded it as a representation of Manifest Destiny. In 1958, <em>Discovery of America</em> and its companion piece <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/18"><em>The Rescue</em></a> were removed in preparation for renovations to the east facade of the Capitol. By that point, both American Indian advocacy groups and members of Congress were highly critical of the sculpture. It was not reinstalled when the renovation was completed. design & monuments ghost mall