#the capitol building

[stone-cold-groove]

Overflight of the U.S. Capitol building by Germany’s Graf Zeppelin - 1931.

#landmarks #united states capitol building #united states capitol #u.s. capitol #dirigible #zepplins #graf zeppelin #washington #washington d.c. #washington dc #the 30s #1930s #1931 #the capitol #the capitol building #airships #passenger airships

[guiltknight-gaming]

The Last of Us Part 1 (PC) Episode 6: The Capitol Building

#youtube #The Last of Us Part 1 #PC #Episode 6 #The Capitol Building #gameplay #Walkthrough #let's Play

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:

165 & 349 “Porcupine”

Usually these tile pairs are duplicate compositions, but not these! 👀

From the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile mosaics by Henry Mercer on the Pennsylvania Capitol floor.

#animals in art #20th century art #museum visit #porcupine #tilework #Henry Chapman Mercer #Mercer tiles #Moravian tiles #1900s #Pennsylvania art #American art #decorative arts #ceramics #mosaic #Arts and Crafts Movement #historical buildings #PA Capitol #PA history #Tiles on Tuesday

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Capitol Records #building #Los Angeles #1956 #architecture

[lady-raziel]

the us capitol? u mean like the building from fallout 3?

#fallout #fallout 3 #me completely deadpan; at the capitol building

[tea-tuesday]

09/19/2023

a bit of a weird day but my seminar took a field trip to the u.s. capitol and we met a senator to discuss federal policy. tbh no one in my class, including our professor, really agrees with their political philosophy lolol (which they acknowledged), but still an interesting experience to go into the building nonetheless ! afterwards, got some studying done at a café🍵🌄

#yes i snuck this pic of my shoes inside the capitol building idk if it's allowed but they didn't take our phones away #we all had to dress up so we looked like congressional staffers lolol #tea-tuesday #study inspiration #mine #studyblr #studyspo #lawblr #study #studying #law school #study motivation #study aesthetic #chaotic academia #congress #washington dc

[trans-axolotl]

accidentally crashed into a congressman with my wheelchair today i wish i had done it on purpose 😔

#personal #we were protesting in the tunnel between the house office building and the capitol and #yelling at the congresspeople to vote no on the bill providing more funds to israel. before the vote #cause they were trying to sneak through the tunnels to avoid the sit in outside #i had to go use the restroom i went and used it and as i was coming out a congressman was coming into the restroom and we crashed LMFAOOOOo #i hate those motherfuckers i fucking hate them

[andallshallbewell]

#capitol building #washington dc #architecture #cherry blossoms #spring

[starrrbakerrr]

“star-crossed lovers”

I have a thought that might have been discussed before, but Katniss and Peeta are referred to as “star-crossed lovers” by the Capitol. “Star-crossed lovers” was coined by Shakespeare in the prologue of his play Romeo and Juliet. When I think of star-crossed lovers my mind goes to the archetypal forbidden love of Romeo and Juliet, which mirrors the narrative the Capitol creates between Peeta and Katniss.

As we know, Romeo and Juliet is a text from centuries ago. We don’t know how far into the future Panem is – I always imagine at least 100 year in the future. We know very little of Panem’s history before the Dark Days, such as how long Panem has existed, but it’s safe to say at least 100 years.

I can’t find this quote for the life of me. I might have imagined it lol, but if I remember correctly, early in Mockingjay Plutarch tells Katniss about their plans for society after the rebellion. Plutarch says in “old history books” there’s something called ✨democracy✨ that they want to use. (side note: I remember Katniss saying something like “it led to where we are now” and that’s why I want to find it so badly lol)

So we know that the government of Panem are aware of the political history of the United States. But how would they know the term “star-crossed lovers”? District children are only taught their trade and Panem propaganda, so they wouldn’t know history before the Dark Days or what “star-crossed lovers” are. As for the Capitol citizens and children, they may have more freedom in education but I can’t imagine them knowing anything about North American society before Panem (they are even more susceptible to Panem propaganda), so how would they know about European literature? And we also know that Capitol citizens are more shallow and self-obsessed than they are intelligent so I can’t imagine them reading a book, much less Shakespeare.

It seems by the first Hunger Games novel all history of what existed before Panem has been destroyed except what little information the government had on the US. Sort of like the Nazis burning books and art - art, newspapers, books, monuments, and many artifacts are all gone. The progression of technology lasted, a lot Appalachian culture still exists in D12, the land somehow persisted, music/dance styles evolved, but it appears no one really is certain what American society was. And it seems that Panem exists in total isolation from other continents so it doesn’t make complete sense for Romeo and Juliet, a European text, to be passed down as oral history, thus for Panem to know what “star-crossed lovers” are.

I thought very far into this (probably more than it should be), but my only explanation is that Shakespeare is either ~timeless~ and the play still exists somehow, or maybe it’s a term that is still thrown around but no one really knows where it came from.

#the hunger games #thg meta #everlark #the hunger games trilogy #i haven’t read tbosas yet so there’s probably more context i’m missing #one of my favorite things about dystopian media is the world building like what lead up to panem #and we really know so little about panem #especially the capitol like what did they do in their free time other than watch the hunger games #another thing with thg is the absence of religion #idk if it was purposeful or just not important to the story so suzanne left it out #text

[eopederson]

Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, early evening, summer 2013.

The longer I live in the DC area, the more this becomes my single favorite building! It represents much of what is the best in American culture.

#urban landscape #buildings #library of congress #flag #capitol hill #washington dc #2013 #photographers on tumblr

[beauty-funny-trippy]

#democracy #meme #memes #republicans #maga #government #politics #us politics #democrats #donald trump #trump #aesthetic #beauty-funny-trippy #vote #capitol building #January 6 #buildings #America #USA #animals #elephant #elephant pushing capitol building #maga hat #anti-trump #anti trump

[nocternalrandomness]

Fireworks over the US Capitol, Washington, DC

#US Capitol #Fourth of July #July 4th #Independence Day #Capitol Building #Fireworks #United States Capitol

[evilhorse]

Bolt!

#black adam #bolt #malik white #shazam #washington dc #capitol building #christopher priest #jose luis #dc comics #comics #2020s comics

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:

195 & 318 “Blue Jay”

another pair from the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile mosaics by Henry Mercer on the Pennsylvania Capitol floor.

#animals in art #20th century art #museum visit #birds in art #bird #birds #pair #Blue Jay #tilework #mosaic #floor mosaic #tile mosaic #Moravian tiles #Mercer tiles #Henry Chapman Mercer #1900s #historic buildings #American art #Pennsylvania art #Arts and Crafts Movement #Pennsylvania Capitol #decorative arts #Tiles on Tuesday #Two for Tuesday

[evilroachindustrial]

Shout-out to that twink that got railed in a Senate Hearing Room.

#US Politics #That is not the first nor will it be the last time a sex act occurred in the Capitol Building

[t13shoots]

#photography #street photography #black and white photography #photographer on tumblr #photographers on tumblr #photography on tumblr #original photography on tumblr #washington dc #bw #bw photography #bwphotography #black and white #monochrome #urban life #urban #urban photography #urbanscape #architecture #dc architecture #cityscape #city #city life #city photography #s22 #galaxy s22 #samsung s22 #s22 ultra #buildings #capitol #US Capitol