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Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
- Title
- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
- Publication
- [Charlottesville, Va.] : Thomas Jefferson Foundation, ©2002.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ITD (Monticello) 03-710 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
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- Description
- xxi, 218 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is a collection of essays and color photography showcasing this extraordinary American home. Featuring essays written by scholars at Monticello, chapters focus on all aspects of the house and plantation. Monticello, a model of elegance and symmetry, was designed by Jefferson himself, whose architectural prowess prompted a visitor in 1782 to note: "Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted the Fine Arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather." Inside, Jefferson assembled a world-class collection of objects and furnishings: art and porcelain from France, scientific instruments from England, the finest American furniture from Philadelphia and New York, natural artifacts brought back from the West, as well as furnishings made in Monticello's own joinery by enslaved craftsmen. Surrounding the house, Monticello's celebrated gardens and grounds form an experimental yet breathtakingly lovely landscape of flowers, fruits, and vegetables from the Old and New Worlds. A final chapter on the plantation and the enslaved community at Monticello provides a context in which to place and understand the house and its owner.
- Subjects
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Homes
- Virginia > Monticello
- Monticello (Va.) > History
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Homes and haunts > Virginia > Albemarle County > Pictorial works
- Virginia > Albemarle County
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Homes and haunts > Virginia > Monticello > Pictorial works
- History
- Monticello (Va.) > Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- Foreword for 2002 edition by Daniel P. Jordan. Foreword for the 3rd printing in 2009 is by Leslie Greene Bowman.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index.
- Contents
- Thomas Jefferson's essay in architecture -- A look inside Monticello -- Furnishing Monticello: Jefferson as consumer and collector -- The gardens of Monticello -- The plantation: a day in the life.
- Call Number
- ITD (Monticello) 03-710
- ISBN
- 1882886186
- 9781882886180
- LCCN
- 2002016138
- OCLC
- 50291085
- Title
- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
- Imprint
- [Charlottesville, Va.] : Thomas Jefferson Foundation, ©2002.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Jordan, Daniel P., writer of foreword.Bowman, Leslie Greene, writer of foreword.Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- ITD (Monticello) 03-710