The architectural ideology of Thomas Jefferson
By: Ralph G. Giordano
Publisher: Brand: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780786470174
Subjects: Symbolism in architecture; Philosophy
Description: "This volume reveals how 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A history of Thomas Jefferson's America; title: From colonial settlements to a new nation conceived in liberty; title: A student of architecture emerges; title: The gentleman architect builds a Palladian villa; title: A revolutionary architect in pursuit of happiness; title: The Declaration of Independence reordered as a Corinthian column; title: The Paris education of a professional architect; title: A classical revivalist emerges from unrequited love; title: The Virginia temple on a hill; title: A visual expression of state government; title: The new federal city at Washington; title: The visual expression of liberty and democracy; title: Monticello and Poplar Forest, architecture of geometry; title: The secluded studies of spatial relationships An academical village in Virginia; title: The blueprint for the American higher education system; title: A busy architect still survives; title: The Jeffersonian architectural legacy.