Architectural Ideology of Thomas Jefferson

Ralph G. Giordano, an architect in New York, teaches history and American studies and is the author of eight books. He lives in Freehold, New Jersey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1 • A History of Thomas Jefferson’s America—From Colonial Settlements to a New Nation Conceived in Liberty2 • A Student of Architecture Emerges—The Gentleman Architect Builds a Palladian Villa3 • A Revolutionary Architect in Pursuit of Happiness—The Declaration of Independence Reordered as a Corinthian Column4 • The Paris Education of a Professional Architect—A Classical Revivalist Emerges from Unrequited Love5 • The Virginia Temple on a Hill—A Visual Expression of State Government6 • The New Federal City at Washington—The Visual Expression of Liberty and Democracy7 • Monticello and Poplar Forest, Architecture of Geometry—The Secluded Studies of Spatial Relationships8 • An Academical Village in Virginia—The Blueprint for the American Higher Education System9 • A Busy Architect Still Survives—The Jeffersonian Architectural LegacyChapter NotesBibliographyIndex