Richard Guy Wilson

Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village: The Creation of an Architectural Masterpiece

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia iswidely hailed as a masterpiece. It is his greatest architectural accomplishment, thesummation of his quest for intellectual freedom. The story of the Universityencompasses the political and architectural worlds, as Jeffeson struggled againstgreat opposition to establish a new type of educational institution."Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village "offers acomprehensive look at Jefferson's design for the University, at how it came intobeing, at the different perecptions of its successes and failures, and at thealterations that have taken place down through the years. Therevised edition incorporates research that has been ongoing since the book firstappeared in 1993, and includes a preface by Richard Guy Wilson, essays onarchitecture and education and the Lawn, additional architectural drawings andhistoric photographs, a foreword by President John T. Casteen III, and numerouscolor illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 261mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 934g
• ISBN-13: 9780813928302
• ISBN-10: 0813928303
• Artikelnr.: 26408516

Autorenporträt

Richard Guy Wilson holds the Commonwealth Professor's Chair in Architectural History at the University of Virginia, where he is also Chair of the Department of Architectural History. He is curator of the University of Virginia's Art Museum exhibition Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village.