Richard Guy Wilson

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

Buch

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 inc… Mehr

CHF 44.50

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen

V105: Folgt in ca. 15 Arbeitstagen

Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8139-2830-2
EAN: 9780813928302
Produktnummer: 4749913
Verlag: Univ Of Virginia Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 128 S.
Masse: H26.2 cm x B26.1 cm x D1.8 cm 934 g
Auflage: 2. A.
Gewicht: 934
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

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. His specialty is the architecture, design, and art of the eighteenth to the twentieth century, both in America and abroad. He is curator of the University of Virginia's Art Museum exhibition Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village: The Creation of an Architectural Masterpiece, 1817-1824, which will run from September 2009 to January 2010, and the editor (with Shaun Eyring and Kenny Marotta) of Re-creating the American Past: Essays on the Colonial Revival (Virginia).