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.
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