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Reaching beyond politics and law, this book focuses on Thomas Jefferson as an aesthetic classicist.
Jefferson embraced the influence of antiquity through his adoption of classical architecture in his Virginia residences, in order to establish Rome as an ancestor to America. In a time of significant political and cultural change, he aligned himself with a Greco-Romano legacy that represented knowledge, power and art. Alley Marie Jordan studies the architectural and landscape spaces of Jefferson's classical taste, which include the villas of Monticello and Poplar Forest, as well as the University of Virginia. An examination of these places exposes his deeply entrenched views of the importance of classics in Virginia, and reveals them as expressions of admiration of classical antiquity.
Seeking to uncover an underexplored side of his character, Jordan deconstructs his identity through a classical lens and illustrates his influence on American culture, as well as his desire to reform it via the classics. By dislodging Jefferson from American politics, this study redefines his worldview and motivations for inventing an American virtue based on Horace's utile dulci. Although his participation in acquiring classical taste was not unique for his time, he did accomplish a unique aim with classicism: the blending of the American landscape with classical culture to create a 'new' American virtue.
Contents
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Introduction: 'a sublime luxury': An Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Classical Taste, Aesthetics and Architecture
1. Jefferson in Context
2. Thomas Jefferson the Epicurean: Exploring Jefferson's Classical Philosophy
3. The Genius Loci at Thomas Jefferson's Classical Villas: Monticello and Poplar Forest
4. The Politician in a Landscape
5. 'the land of dreams': Thomas Jefferson's Classical University
6. Classical Curiosities, a Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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