Wilson, Richard Guy / Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village

(0)No Reviews yet
SKU: Wilson, Richard Guy / Wilson, Richard Guy / Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village / 9780813928302
$34.95

(*) Minimum Quantity: 1

Details

Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia is widely hailed as a masterpiece. It is his greatest architectural accomplishment, the summation of his quest for intellectual freedom. The story of the University encompasses the political and architectural worlds, as Jeffeson struggled against great opposition to establish a new type of educational institution. Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village offers a comprehensive look at Jefferson's design for the University, at how it came into being, at the different perecptions of its successes and failures, and at the alterations that have taken place down through the years.

The revised edition incorporates research that has been ongoing since the book first appeared in 1993, and includes a preface by Richard Guy Wilson, essays on architecture and education and the Lawn, additional architectural drawings and historic photographs, a foreword by President John T. Casteen III, and numerous color illustrations.

Featured

9780813928302
Hardcover
November, 2009

Store

Wilson, Richard Guy / Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village

Ratings & Reviews

No reviews available

Be the first to Write a Review