Thomas Jefferson: Landscape Architect (Monticello Monograph) - Softcover

Nichols, Frederick Doveton; Griswold, Ralph E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081390899X ISBN 13: 9780813908991

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 1981

Synopsis

Collaboration with the greatest botanists of his time, an instinctive humanitarianism, and a natural ingenuity in landscape design combined to make Thomas Jefferson a pioneer in American landscape architecture. Frederick D. Nichols and Ralph E. Griswold, in this close study of Jefferson’s many notes, letters, and sketches, present a clear and detailed interpretation of his extraordinary accomplishments in the field.

Thomas Jefferson, Landscape Architect investigates the many influences on―and of―the Jeffersonian legacy in architecture. Jefferson’s personality, friendships, and convictions, complemented by his extensive reading and travels, clearly influenced his architectural work. His fresh approach to incorporating foreign elements into domestic designs, his revolutionary approach to relating the house to the surrounding land, and his profound influences on the architectural character of the District of Columbia are just a few of Jefferson’s contributions to the American landscape.

Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maps, plans, and drawings, as well as pictures of the species of trees that Jefferson used for his designs, generously illustrate the engaging narrative in Thomas Jefferson, Landscape Architect.

About this title

About the Author

Frederick Doveton Nichols (1911–1995) was Cary D. Langhorne Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia. Ralph E. Griswold (1894–1981) was a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081390899X
• ISBN 13: 9780813908991
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 196