But on the inside we tell so many stories about who we are as a people. what our aspirations and our dreams might be. Constantino Brumidi was 47 years old. a painter. when he came to our shores. As is often the case with the immigrant experience. he landed here with nothing but a dream. and within a relatively short period of years he was here at the Capitol. using his talent and the great tradition that he exalted. to turn the interior of our Capitol into something much more alive and real than just the walls and the columns that held it up. He had a Greek father. an Italian mother some might very well say the best of both worlds. And the coincidence should not be lost on us. that classical wall painting. the medium of which he was a master. originated in Greece and reached a high degree of refinement during the Roman Republic.
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