Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial 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
01/01/1905
Contributors
Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
Location
Charlottesville, 38.02931, -78.47668
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.