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The architectural enhancement program at National Airport's new terminal includes the work of 30 nationally known contemporary artists, whose designs have been presented as mosaics, paintings, bronze and terrazzo, hammered metal, and art glass. From the very beginning, the work of these artists was planned as an integral part of the architecture of the terminal. This is a reflection of Cesar Pelli's belief that art and architecture are allied arts, and that to decorate a building with art once it has been completed is to continue a traditional split between artists and architects.
``With all of the negative publicity surrounding publicly funded art in recent years, there would be no worse place for an arts program to go wrong than in a public building here in Washington, D.C.,'' says Dan Feil, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's terminal...