Thomas Crawford (1813-1857) was the first American sculptor to study in Italy for an extended period of time. There, along with other artists--Greenough, Story, and Powers--he was part of a group that made prolific contributions to American neoclassical art. He is best known as the sculptor of much of the statuary and bas-reliefs of our nation s Capitol: the pediment figures over the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and the bronze Freedom...