Main entry:

DeWitt, Lloyd, author.

Title & Author:

Thomas Jefferson, architect : Palladian models, democratic principles, and the conflict of ideals / Lloyd DeWitt and Corey Piper.

Publication:

Norfolk : Chrysler Museum of Art ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, [2019]
©2019

Description:

vii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Chrysler Museum of Art from October 19, 2019, to January 19, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Armando Varricchio -- Introduction / Erik H. Neil -- Thomas Jefferson, the making of an architect / Howard Burns -- The Palladians / Guido Beltramini -- Jefferson and England / Richard Guy Wilson -- What he saw: Thomas Jefferson's grand tour / Lloyd DeWitt -- Books, buildings, and the spaces of democracy: Jefferson's library from Paris to Washington / Barry Bergdoll -- Race, reason, and the architecture of Jefferson's Virginia statehouse / Mabel O. Wilson -- The architecture of democracy in a landscape of slavery: design and construction at Jefferson's university / Louis P. Nelson -- Plates.

Summary:

"Renowned as a politician and statesman, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was also one of the premier architects of the early United States. Adept at reworking Renaissance--particularly Palladian--and Enlightenment ideals to the needs of the new republic, Jefferson completed visionary building projects such as his two homes, Monticello and Poplar Forest; the Capitol building in Richmond; and the University of Virginia campus. Featuring a wealth of archival images, including models, paintings, drawings, and prints, this volume presents compelling essays that engage broad themes of history, ethics, philosophy, classicism, neoclassicism, and social sciences while investigating various aspects of Jefferson's works, design principles, and complex character. In addition to a thorough introduction to Jefferson's career as an architect, the book provides insight into his sources of inspiration and a nuanced take on the contradictions between his ideas about liberty and his embrace of slavery, most poignantly reflected in his plan for the academical village at the University of Virginia, which was carefully designed to keep enslaved workers both invisible and accessible. Thomas Jefferson, Architect offers fresh perspectives on Jefferson's architectural legacy, which has shaped the political and social landscape of the nation and influenced countless American architects since his time"--Jacket flap

ISBN:

9780300246209 (hardcover)
030024620X (hardcover)

Subject:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Exhibitions.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Themes, motives.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Architecture Virginia Exhibitions.
Neoclassicism (Architecture) Virginia Exhibitions.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) Virginie Expositions.
Architecture Virginie Expositions.
Themes, motives
Architecture
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Virginia

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Piper, Corey, author.
Varricchio, Armando, writer of foreword.
Neil, Erik, writer of introduction.
Chrysler Museum of Art, host institution, issuing body.

Palladian models, democratic principles, and the conflict of ideals

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306569
Call No.: BIB 252123
Status: Available