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LEADER: 02262cam a2200301 i 4500
001 2012027277
003 DLC
005 20130315122626.0
008 120706s2012 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012027277
020 $a9780786470174 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNA737.J4$bG56 2012
082 00 $a720.92$223
100 1 $aGiordano, Ralph G.
245 14 $aThe architectural ideology of Thomas Jefferson /$cRalph G. Giordano.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina and London :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c©2012.
300 $avii, 255 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
505 0 $aA 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.
520 $a"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.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aSymbolism in architecture.