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Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Founding fathers wanted the United States to be a complete break from the past and English influences. Jefferson saw architecture as an artistic declaration that the United States was unique and not European. The inspirations for his architectural views were the classic civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. The “Age of Reason” architects were drawn to the symmetry, clean lines and mathematical preciseness of Greek and Roman buildings. Jefferson probably had the largest architectural library in the United States.
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Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer
Location
Virginia, 3.85111, -75.64278
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
