Thomas Jefferson on Taste and the Fine Arts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holowchak, M. Andrew (Mark Andrew), 1958-

Series:

Series in American History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--History and criticism.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Aesthetics.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Art and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Art and literature.

Art appreciation--United States--History--19th century.

Art appreciation.

Aesthetics.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, DE : Vernon Art and Science Inc., 2022.

Summary:

Jefferson tended to classify the books of his libraries under the Baconian headings of memory, reason, and imagination, which corresponded to history, philosophy, and the fine arts. Thus, education in the Fine Arts, which Jefferson listed as eight, was considered an indispensible part of the life of an educated person--especially a Virginian. An educated person needed knowledge of architecture, gardening, painting, sculpture, rhetoric, belle lettres, poetry music, and criticism, considered as a sort of meta-art. Knowledge of such arts was indispensible because each person, thought Jefferson, was equipped with a faculty of taste as well as ratiocination and a moral-sense faculty--each of which required cultivation for human thriving. An uncultivated imagination would severely impair ratiocination and moral sensitivity.This book is the first book-length attempt to flesh out and critically assess Jefferson's views on taste and the Fine Arts. It is a must read for any serious biographer of Jefferson.

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Other Format:

Print version: Holowchak, M. Andrew Thomas Jefferson on Taste and the Fine Arts

ISBN:

9781648895296

OCLC:

1342498116