Post Office Dept Bldg: Intercommunication Between Europe & Africa tympanum in Washington, D.C. by Adolph Alexander Weinman located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area

tympanum

The "Intercommunication Between Europe & Africa" tympanum is a limestone relief by Adolph Alexander Weinman located on the Post Office Department Building in Washington, D.C.'s Federal Triangle. It allegorically depicts the exchange of knowledge and power between Europe and Africa through symbolic figures. The artwork features European and Egyptian figures passing a lamp of Knowledge, accompanied by other symbolic elements such as a Grecian female representing Power and reliefs illustrating primitive communication. This tympanum is part of a larger sculptural program emphasizing communication and civilization.