Презентация на тему The Oval Office

expansion of the West Wing of the White House

during the administration of William Howard Taft

the 1st Oval Office, designed by Nathan C.Wyeth for President William Howard Taft

Room
three large south-facing windows behind the president's desk

and a fireplace at the north end of the room
The Oval Office has four doors
An oval interior space is a Baroque concept that was adapted by Neoclassicism

damaged the West Wing. President Franklin D. Roosevelt engaged

a staff architect, Eric Gugler, to redesign the West Wing with the Oval Office placed in the southeast corner more robust Georgian details

because it was built from the timbers of the

British frigate HMS Resolute
a portrait of George Washington over the mantel on the north end of the room
a tradition of displaying potted Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus) atop the mantel

horses and Western themes by Frederic Remington
A large case

clock, commonly called a grandfather clock, built in Boston by John and Thomas Seymour, c. 1795-1805

in 2009 he made some changes
and subtle

additions in the decorations

Childe Hassam ,The Avenue in the Rain and Norman

Norman Rockwell, The Statue of Liberty

a hand-carved wooden sculpture from Kenya, symbolizing the fragility of power

oval
office bears the Seal of
the President
Plaster celling

medallion (since 1934)

with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as

a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts after their successful voyage, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten President Jimmy Carter's day