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Thomas Jefferson: Architect
Chuck Wills
#UC3442
Hardcover, 91 pages; 2008
$45.00
 Members' Price: $38.25
Jefferson has been rightly called “the author of America,” but he can just as accurately be called “the architect of America.”
This "interactive portfolio" tours all the structures the third president designed and collaborated on—from the University of Virginia to Poplar Forest, the lesser known of his residences—while taking many detours through his other passions, both private and academic. In addition to the many illustrated foldout pages, a series of pockets throughout the book hold "weathered" reproductions of Jefferson's original architectural plans and notes. In the end, this abundance of detail resolves into a surprisingly intimate biography of the statesman as architect. In its handsome slipcase, Thomas Jefferson: Architect is a marvelous find for students of art and architecture, but it will also fascinate anyone who has ever wondered at Monticello's refinement.
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