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Classical Taste in the Architectural World of Thomas Jefferson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, Alley Marie, author.
- Series:
- Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
- Bloomsbury studies in classical reception
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Homes and haunts.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Virginia--History--18th century.
- Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Virginia.
- Neoclassicism (Architecture).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Reaching beyond politics and law, this book focuses on Thomas Jefferson as an aesthetic classicist. Jefferson embraced the influence of antiquity through his adoption of classical architecture in his Virginia residences, in order to establish Rome as an ancestor to America. In a time of significant political and cultural change, he aligned himself with a Greco-Romano legacy that represented knowledge, power and art. Alley Marie Jordan studies the architectural and landscape spaces of Jefferson's classical taste, which include the villas of Monticello and Poplar Forest, as well as the University of Virginia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-42878-7
- 1-350-42852-3
- 1-350-42851-5
- OCLC:
- 1498818434
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