Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
Contents:
A history of Thomas Jefferson's America: from colonial settlements to a new nation conceived in liberty -- A student of architecture emerges: the gentleman architect builds a Palladian villa -- A revolutionary architect in pursuit of happiness: the Declaration of Independence reordered as a Corinthian column -- The Paris education of a professional architect: a classical revivalist emerges from unrequited love -- The Virginia temple on a hill: a visual expression of state government -- The new federal city at Washington: the visual expression of liberty and democracy -- Monticello and Poplar Forest, architecture of geometry: the secluded studies of spatial relationships -- An academical village in Virginia: the blueprint for the American higher education system -- A busy architect still survives: the Jeffersonian architectural legacy.
Summary:
"This volume reveals how Thomas Jefferson's politics and architecture coexisted and explains how he marked his political maturation through corresponding architectural monuments that reflected his ideals. Consequently, Jefferson provided America with a combined architectural and political ideology with the intention of safeguarding the future of liberty and democracy in America"--Provided by publisher.
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